SOLUTION: One plane leaves Los Angeles traveling at 500 mi/h. Another plane leaves an hour later following the same route traveling 600 mi/h. a. How many hours will the second plane take to

Question 1065162: One plane leaves Los Angeles traveling at 500 mi/h. Another plane leaves an hour later following the same route traveling 600 mi/h.
a. How many hours will the second plane take to catch up with the first plane?
b. How far from Los Angeles will the planes be when the second plane catches up with the first?
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are many ways to solve this. The simplest is a table.
Plane 1hr 2hr 3hr 4hr 5hr 6hr
A 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000
B 0 600 1200 1800 2400 3000

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