SOLUTION: Two remotely controlled aircraft are launched in opposite directions. One flies east at 77 mph and the other west at 83 mph. How long will it take the aircraft to fly at a combined

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Question 507848: Two remotely controlled aircraft are launched in opposite directions. One flies east at 77 mph and the other west at 83 mph. How long will it take the aircraft to fly at a combined distance of 1040 mph?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can think of this as one aircraft flying at the sum
of their speeds and the other one not moving




It will take 6.5 hrs

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