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Question 684837: A passenger plane made a trip to Las-Vegas and back. On the trip there it flew 400 mph and on the return trip it went 480 mph. How far was the trip if it took one hour more for the plane to fly there than to return home? How long was the trip there? The return trip?
-I am confused on what to do on this question. Could you please help me... I know rate*time&distance=distance but i'm confused on this question.
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, MathTherapy:
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A passenger plane made a trip to Las-Vegas and back.
On the trip there it flew
and on the return trip it went .
the trip there: ...it took one hour more for the plane to fly
the return trip:
we know that distance is same in both directions; so, we have
....plug in and .
.....solve for
...............now we can find the distance
check the other direction:
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A passenger plane made a trip to Las-Vegas and back. On the trip there it flew 400 mph and on the return trip it went 480 mph. How far was the trip if it took one hour more for the plane to fly there than to return home? How long was the trip there? The return trip?
-I am confused on what to do on this question. Could you please help me... I know rate*time&distance=distance but i'm confused on this question.
Let distance one-way be D
Then:
6D – 2,400 = 5D ---- Multiplying by LCD, 2,400
6D – 5D = 2,400
D, or distance = miles
You can do the check!!
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