SOLUTION: Jim is a paratrooper who has to land on a moving aircraft carrier. If his plane is flying with 90 miles per hour, he will be an hour early for the intercross. If his plane travels
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Question 1050247: Jim is a paratrooper who has to land on a moving aircraft carrier. If his plane is flying with 90 miles per hour, he will be an hour early for the intercross. If his plane travels at a speed of 80 miles per hour, he will be an hour late for landing on the ship. How long is Jim’s scheduled flight-time?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = Jim's schedualed flight
time in hrs
Let = his distance to the carrier
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(1)
(2)
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By substitution:
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
The schedualed flight time is 17 hrs
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check:
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
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