document.write( "Question 139286: At a particular speed, a jumbo jet can travel its own length in 20 seconds. At the same speed, the jumbo jet taxied completely past a 710 foot long hangar in 70 seconds. What is the length of the jumbo jet?\r
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At a particular speed, a jumbo jet can travel its own length in 20 seconds. At the same speed, the jumbo jet taxied completely past a 710 foot long hangar in 70 seconds. What is the length of the jumbo jet?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let p be the length of the plane in feet.
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\n" ); document.write( "Flying DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "distance = p ft. ; time = 20 sec. ; rate = p/20 ft/sec
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\n" ); document.write( "Taxiing DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "distance = 710+p ; time = 70 sec. ; rate = (710+p)/70
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\n" ); document.write( "EQUATION:
\n" ); document.write( "rate = rate
\n" ); document.write( "p/20 = (710+p)/70
\n" ); document.write( "70p = 14200+20p
\n" ); document.write( "50p = 14200
\n" ); document.write( "p = 284 ft
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\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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