At 4 PM a red car is 120 miles north of Bellevue and a blue car is 140 miles east of Bellevue. The red car drives south and the blue car drives west. The red car is going 30 miles per hour and the blue car is going 60 miles per hour. The day is cloudy. a) How far apart are the cars? miles b) What is the rate of change of the distance between the cars? miles/hr (Note: The locations and directions are important.) (Enter each answer as decimal rounded to 2 places.)

At 4 PM a red car is 120 miles north of Bellevue and a blue car is 140 miles east of Bellevue. The red car drives south and the blue car drives west. The red car is going 30 miles per hour and the blue car is going 60 miles per hour. The day is cloudy. a) How far apart are the cars? miles b) What is the rate of change of the distance between the cars? miles/hr (Note: The locations and directions are important.) (Enter each answer as decimal rounded to 2 places.)

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e

7th Edition

ISBN:9781337614085

Author:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

Publisher:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

Chapter4: Quadrilaterals

Section4.1: Properties Of A Parallelogram

Problem 41E: The following problem is based on the Parallelogram Law. In the scaled drawing, each unit...

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