SOLUTION: Two airplanes leave Chicago at the same time and fly in opposite directions. If one travels at 450 miles per hour and the other at 480 miles per hour, how long will it take for the

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Question 769831: Two airplanes leave Chicago at the same time and fly in opposite directions. If one travels at 450 miles per hour and the other at 480 miles per hour, how long will it take for them to be 1,860 miles apart?
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Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two airplanes leave Chicago at the same time and fly in opposite directions. If one travels at 450 miles per hour and the other at 480 miles per hour, how long will it take for them to be 1,860 miles apart?
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2 hours

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
They are separating at 450+480 = 930 miles per hour.

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TIME = 2 hours

Edwin

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