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, wh

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Question 119648: 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 nilan(17) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the time of second portion is t
since the speed of each portion are same
560%2F1+=+480%2Ft
then
t+=+480%2F560
t=6%2F7 hours