SOLUTION: Thank you in advance for your help. An airplane travels 2050 miles in the same time that a ccar travels 260 miles. If the rate of the plane is 358 miles per hour faster than the
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: Thank you in advance for your help. An airplane travels 2050 miles in the same time that a ccar travels 260 miles. If the rate of the plane is 358 miles per hour faster than the rate of the car find the rate of the plane.
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Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2050/(x+358)=260/x
2050x=260(x+358)
2050x=260x+93080
2050x-260x=93080
1790x=93080
x=93080/1790
x=52 mph.is the speed of the car.
52+358=410 mph is the speed of the plane.
proof
2050/410=260/52
5=5
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