A police car is moving east towards an intersection at 25 miles per hour, and the police inside the car is using radar to determine the rate at which the distance is changing between them and another vehicle that is traveling south. When the police car is 12 miles west of the intersection and the other vehicle is 5 miles north of the intersection, it is determined that the distance between them and the other vehicle is decreasing at a rate of 35 miles per hour. Find the speed of the car when the car is 5 miles north of the intersection

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A police car is moving east towards an intersection at 25 miles per hour, and the police
inside the car is using radar to determine the rate at which the distance is changing between
them and another vehicle that is traveling south. When the police car is 12 miles west of
the intersection and the other vehicle is 5 miles north of the intersection, it is determined
that the distance between them and the other vehicle is decreasing at a rate of 35 miles per
hour. Find the speed of the car when the car is 5 miles north of the intersection.

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