SOLUTION: A jet plane traveling at 500 miles per hour overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200 miles per hour that had a 2 hour Head Start how far from the starting point are the planes?

Question 1096123: A jet plane traveling at 500 miles per hour overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200 miles per hour that had a 2 hour Head Start how far from the starting point are the planes?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
distance=velocity*time
prop went t+2 hours or 200(t+2)=200t+400 miles
jet went t hours or 500t miles
These two distances are equal
200t+400=500t
400=300t
t=4/3 hours
prop plane traveled 10/3 hours or 2000/3 miles or 666.7 miles ANSWER
jet plane traveled (4/3) hours or 2000/3 miles or 666.7 miles ANSWER
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