SOLUTION: A jet plane traveling at 500 mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200 mph that had a 2 hour head start. How far from the starting point are the planes?

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Question 52370This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: A jet plane traveling at 500 mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200 mph that had a 2 hour head start. How far from the starting point are the planes?This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

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"A jet plane traveling at 500 mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200 mph that had a 2 hour head start. How far from the starting point are the planes?"
Jet plane:
|----500mph
Propeller Plane:
|---400mph
1h 2h
The answer is either 500mph or 400 mph