document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=178069>Question 178069</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> TWO JETS LEAVE DENVER AT 9 AM ONE FLYING EAST AT A SPEED 50km/h GREATER THAN THE OTHER,WHICH IS TRAVELING WEST.AT 11 AM THE PLANES ARE 2500 km APART .FIND THERE SPEEDS.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "East jet DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate =  (x+50) km/h ; time = 2 hr ; distance = rt = 2(x+50) km<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "West jet DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = x km/h ; time = 2 hr ; distanc e= 2x km<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance + distance = 2500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+50) + 2x = 2500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 2400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 600 km/h (speed of the west jet)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+50 = 650 km/h (speed of the east jet)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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