Two cars start off at the same point on a straight highway facing opposite directions. Each car drives for 3 miles, takes a left turn, and then drives for 4 miles. How far apart are the two cars? 5, 10, 14, or 20?

I said, 14 because... If they are driving in opposite directions and they both drive 3 miles that makes 6 miles between them... Then they both turn and drive 4 miles which makes 8 more miles between them. So 8+6=14... Did I do it right? :(

My friend said it was 10... but he said it had somethin' to do with Geometry and he can't explain it.

I'm not sayin' he's wrong, I just need to know the answer.:mad:

I know atleast 1 person on this site is smart.

it is more then likely 14, but it could also be 8

its didint say they drove 3 miles apart they both drove 3 miles then they turned left.. NOW they are goin in the op direction.. 4 miles from each other they are now 8 miles apart. lol

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Just fitting a stereotype........

10 cuz the cars path makes two triangles with sides 3 and 4 so the third side is 5 and 5+5 is 10

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10 cuz the cars path makes two triangles with sides 3 and 4 so the third side is 5 and 5+5 is 10

They didnt drive in a triangle



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I did it fast so it's sloppy but you get the idea! Thanks Batman.. haha *Reps* hahah... But it could also be 14, depends on whether they want the direct distance or the road milage.. But I see what people are sayin' now.. haha

holy shit.......i thought u were usin photoshop or sum shit...but come on....windows paint is outdated and sucks

i HATE maths

I drew that and scanned it lol

i told her the same shit batman did but anyway wtf is up with people being super heros on rapworlds? they should all strive to be me instead.... or atleast get off of superman's nuts

where does tha 5 come in

4 squared + 3 squared: 16 + 9 = 25... square root of 25 = 5

Breeezy Knows Her Shit...

Breeezy Knows Her Shit...

Breezy knows the Pythagorean theorem .......

^ was gon say that lol...

It's not 8+6 = 14................


When they made the turn, the distance turns into a diagonal line.

I'm too lazy to calculate the answer, just use the Pythagorean Theorem.

I assume you know what that is considering I learned that when I was like 10.

I figured it out alc.... I was doing the road milage.... not the direct distance....

^^^^Your mom was doing the road milage.......


Oh yeah and I'll give you your $75 once the donation is back

Uhh... okay...

Or will I ???

Who know's......

$75 :(

Is that all you charge these days Breezy?!

The answer is 10. Although, with problems like these it does help to draw a diagram. If you did that then you would see that you had a to find the diagonal distance across an 8 by 6 rectangle.

3*2=6
4*2=8

6^2=36
8^2=64

36+64=100

the square root of 100 = 10

pythagoras theorum.

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But it could also be 14, depends on whether they want the direct distance or the road milage..[/B]I told you that yesterday. Did you not believe me?

T1, that would be actual distance between them. Once again, it matters if they are asking for road milage or actual distance. I would have to agree with this though, because considering your age they arn't going to be giving you grade school problems.

Even though I have no idea if his calculations are correct, because I suck really badly at math.

10 cuz the cars path makes two triangles with sides 3 and 4 so the third side is 5 and 5+5 is 10
But what if the streets are constructed to not junction with each other?

The question asks "how far apart are they" that makes it a distance question, not a mileage one. You have to read carefully. If they wanted mileage that would have been specifically written. Or it would have asked about how far they "traveled" not how far "apart" they are.

Well, I'm sure if it was written down I wouldn't have done it the way I did... I can't visually do things like that.. :p but yeah people.. I've got it figured out now... [CloSeD] :)