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Question 213384: anderea took a trip to new york and back. on the trip there, the plane flew 432 mph and on the return trip it went 480 mph.how long did the trip there take if the return trip took nine hours.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
anderea took a trip to new york and back. on the trip there, the plane flew 432 mph and on the return trip it went 480 mph.how long did the trip there take if the return trip took nine hours.
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Return trip DATA:
rate = 480 mph ; time = 9 hrs. ; distance = rt = 480*9 = 4320 miles
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Going DATA
distance = 4320 miles ; rate = 432 ; time = d/r = 10 hrs
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The time to go is 10 hrs.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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