SOLUTION: Two airplanes, travelling in opposite directions, leave the airport at the same time. If one plane flies at 480 miles/hour and the other at 520 miles/hour, how long will it take be
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Question 663247: Two airplanes, travelling in opposite directions, leave the airport at the same time. If one plane flies at 480 miles/hour and the other at 520 miles/hour, how long will it take before they are 2000 miles apart?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint: They are moving apart at the sum of their speeds.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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