9 . on level farmland , two runners leave at the same time from the intersection of two country roads . one runner jogs due north at a constant rate of 8 miles per hour while the second runner jogs due east at a constant rate that is 2 miles per hour slower than the first runner ' s rate . how far apart , to the nearest mile , will they be after 1 / 2 hour ?
if runner 1 is going north and runner 2 is going east they are like two sides of a 90 degree triangle . side 1 = 8 m / h - - > 4 m in 1 / 2 hr side 2 = 6 m / h - - > 3 m in 1 / 2 hr to complete this right angle triangle d ^ 2 = 4 ^ 2 + 3 ^ 2 d ^ 2 = 25 = 5 answer option a
sqrt(add(power(multiply(8, divide(1, 2)), const_2), power(multiply(subtract(8, 2), divide(1, 2)), const_2)))