document.write( "Question 237330: the time in new york city is 3 hours ahead of the time in los angeles, and the distance between the cities is 2790 miles. a plane left new york city at 9:15 a.m. and arrived in los angeles at 11:15 a.m. local time. at which average speed in miles per hour did the plane travel during the trip \n" ); document.write( "

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the time in new york city is 3 hours ahead of the time in los angeles,
\n" ); document.write( " and the distance between the cities is 2790 miles. a plane left new york city
\n" ); document.write( " at 9:15 a.m. and arrived in los angeles at 11:15 a.m. local time.
\n" ); document.write( " at which average speed in miles per hour did the plane travel during the trip
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\n" ); document.write( "Let's get rid of the confusion factor and just use New York time
\n" ); document.write( "11:15 in L.A. = 2:15 PM in N.Y.
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\n" ); document.write( "Plane left N.Y at 9:15
\n" ); document.write( "Arrive L.A. at 2:15 PM (N.Y. time
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\n" ); document.write( "Flt time = 5 hrs
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"2790%2F5\"$ = 558 mph \n" ); document.write( "

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