SOLUTION: there are 2 missiles, one is going 9000 per hour, the other is going 2100 per hour they started off at 1317 miles apart, how many miles apart will they be 1 minute before they touc

Question 143648: there are 2 missiles, one is going 9000 per hour, the other is going 2100 per hour they started off at 1317 miles apart, how many miles apart will they be 1 minute before they touch?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
there are 2 missiles, one is going 9000 per hour, the other is going 2100 per hour they started off at 1317 miles apart, how many miles apart will they be 1 minute before they touch?
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We don't care how far they were apart at the start;
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We want the relative speed to each other:
9000 + 2100 = 11,100 mph
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Distance traveled in 1 min at that speed:
= 185 mi
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