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Sailing in opposite directions, an aircraft carrier and a destroyer leave their base in Hawaii at 5 am. If the destroyer sails at 30mph and the aircraft at 20mph , at what time w
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Sailing in opposite directions, an aircraft carrier and a destroyer leave their base in Hawaii at 5 am. If the destroyer sails at 30mph and the aircraft at 20mph , at what time will two ships be 300 miles apart?
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
D=RT
D=30T
D=20T
300=20T+30T
300=50T
T=300/50
T=6 HOURS.
5+6=11:00am. THEY WILL BE 300 MILES APART.
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