SOLUTION: A plane can fly 300 miles in the same time as it takes a car to go 210 miles. If the car travels 60 mph slower than the plane, find the speed of the plane. Please help me figure
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Question 792973: A plane can fly 300 miles in the same time as it takes a car to go 210 miles. If the car travels 60 mph slower than the plane, find the speed of the plane. Please help me figure out the formula.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let s = speed of the plane
then
(s-60) = speed of the car
:
Write a time = dist/speed
:
=
you can solve this by cross multiplying
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