SOLUTION: Two cities are 1068 miles apart. A plane leaves one of them traveling toward the other one at an average speed at 450 mph. At the same time a plane leaves the other traveling tow

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Question 833301: Two cities are 1068 miles apart. A plane leaves one of them traveling toward the other one at an average speed at 450 mph. At the same time a plane leaves the other traveling towards the first at an average speed of 390 mph. How will it take them to meet?
Answer by JulietG(1812)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Plane speed A + Plane speed B = 450+390, or 840
If the planes travel 840mph, how long does it take to travel 1068?
Divide 1068 by 840
1.2714 hours

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