SOLUTION: A plane took 1 hour longer to travel 560 miles on the first portion of a flight than it took to fly 480 miles on the second portion. If the speed was the same for each portion, wha

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Question 105782: A plane took 1 hour longer to travel 560 miles on the first portion of a flight than it took to fly 480 miles on the second portion. If the speed was the same for each portion, what was the flying time for the second part of the trip?
Answer by josmiceli(6777) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
s%5B1%5D is the speed for first portion
s%5B2%5D is the speed for the 2nd portion
s%5B1%5D+=+s%5B2%5D
s%5B1%5D+=+560%2Ft%5B1%5D
s%5B2%5D+=+480%2Ft%5B2%5D
t%5B1%5D+=+t%5B2%5D+%2B+1
560%2F%28t%5B2%5D+%2B+1%29+=+480%2Ft%5B2%5D
480t%5B2%5D+%2B+480+=+560t%5B2%5D
80t%5B2%5D+=+480
t%5B2%5D+=+6hours answer