SOLUTION: An airplane travels a total distance of 5,585 kilometers on a trip. It travels 563 kilometers in the first 40 minutes of the trip. The airplane travels at an average speed of 837 k

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Question 1074259: An airplane travels a total distance of 5,585 kilometers on a trip. It travels 563 kilometers in the first 40 minutes of the trip. The airplane travels at an average speed of 837 kilometers per hour for the rest of the trip. How long does it take for the airplane to complete the entire trip?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
                SPEED       TIME       DISTANCE
FirstPart                    2/3        563
TheRest          837         x          837x
TOTAL                                   5585


The variable x, is for the time to make the rest of the trip (after the first forty minutes or two-thirds of hour).




Answer by MathTherapy(10555)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

An airplane travels a total distance of 5,585 kilometers on a trip. It travels 563 kilometers in the first 40 minutes of the trip. The airplane travels at an average speed of 837 kilometers per hour for the rest of the trip. How long does it take for the airplane to complete the entire trip?
Time taken to complete ENTIRE trip:  

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