document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=290191>Question 290191</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do i solve this problem algebraically?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "two airplanes left the same airport traveling in opposite directions. if one airplane averages 400 mph and the other 250 mph, how many hours willl it take for the distance between them be 1625 miles?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i know the answer is 2.5 hours but i dont know how to get there. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the two vehicles are traveling in opposite directions, then the distance each travels adds to the distance between them.  Using the fact that distance equals rate times time, and at any given time, both will have traveled the same amount of time, we can say that the faster plane traveled\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 400t\"> miles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and the slower plane traveled\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 250t\"> miles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and the sum of these two distances is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 400t\ +\ 250t\ =\ 1625\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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