SOLUTION: Two planes leave the same airport at 7:00 AM traveling in opposite directions. Plane A flies northbound at 500 mph while Plane B flies southbound at 600 mph. At what time will they
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Question 1193527: Two planes leave the same airport at 7:00 AM traveling in opposite directions. Plane A flies northbound at 500 mph while Plane B flies southbound at 600 mph. At what time will they be 4,950 miles apart?
Answer by ikleyn(52777) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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They separate from each other at the rate of 500 + 600 = 1100 miles per hour.
Therefore, to find the flight time, divide 4950 miles by 1100 mph.
You will get flight time as 4.5 hours.
Adding it to 7:00 am, you will get the answer.
It is 11:30 am.
Solved.
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