SOLUTION: At a particular speed, a jumbo jet can travel its own length in 20 seconds. At this ame speed, the jumbo jet taxied completedly past a 710 foot long hanger in 70 seconds. what is

Question 581934: At a particular speed, a jumbo jet can travel its own length in 20 seconds. At this ame speed, the jumbo jet taxied completedly past a 710 foot long hanger in 70 seconds. what is the length of the jumbo jet?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
At a particular speed, a jumbo jet can travel its own length in 20 seconds.
Let the length of the jet be "x":
x = 20r ft
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At this ame speed, the jumbo jet taxied completedly past a 710 foot long hanger in 70 seconds. what is the length of the jumbo jet?
710 = 70r ft
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x = 20r
710 = 70r
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Divide:
x/710 = 2/7
x = 202.87 ft
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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