SOLUTION: At noon a cargo plane leaves McHare Airport and heads east at 180mph. Its destination is jamesville, 500 miles away. At 1:00pm a jet takes off from McHare and flies east after the
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Question 486088: At noon a cargo plane leaves McHare Airport and heads east at 180mph. Its destination is jamesville, 500 miles away. At 1:00pm a jet takes off from McHare and flies east after the cargo plane at 450 mph. At what time will the jet overtake the cargo plane?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
450(n)=180(n+1)
450n=180n+180
450n-180n=180
270n=180
n=180/270=2/3 hour=40 minutes
The jet will overtake the cargo plane at 1:40 p.m..
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