document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=171054>Question 171054</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two planes left at the same time from two airports which are 4,500 miles apart and flew toward each other.  In 5 hours, they passed each other.  The rate of the fast plane was twice the rate of the slow plane.  Find the rate of each plane. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Their combined rates = 4500 miles/5 hrs = 900 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Their rates are 2x and x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+x = 900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 300 mph (rate of slow plane)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 600 mph (rate of fast plane)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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