SOLUTION: The problem is: Two planes are 6000 miles apart, and their speeds differ by 200 miles per hour. They travel toward each other and meet in 5 hours. Find the speed of the slower plan

Question 240990: The problem is: Two planes are 6000 miles apart, and their speeds differ by 200 miles per hour. They travel toward each other and meet in 5 hours. Find the speed of the slower plane.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two planes are 6000 miles apart, and their speeds differ by 200 miles per hour.
They travel toward each other and meet in 5 hours.
Find the speed of the slower plane.
:
let s = speed of the slower speed
then
(s+200) = speed of the faster
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Write a distance equation: dist = time * speed
:
slow plane dist + fast plane dist = 6000mi
5s + 5(s+200) = 6000
5s + 5s + 1000 = 6000
10s = 6000 - 1000
10s = 5000
s = 500 mph is the slow speed
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Check solution (fast speed plane = 700 mph
5(500) + 5(700) =
2500 + 3500 = 6000
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