document.write( "Question 314702: two planes leave an airport at 12:00 noon . If the east-bound plane flies at 560 mph and the west-bound plane flies at 500 mph, at what time will they be 2,000 miles apart ?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so far i have. 560+500=2000
\n" ); document.write( " 1060=2000
\n" ); document.write( "i don't know where to go from there
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D=RT
\n" ); document.write( "2,000=(560+500)T
\n" ); document.write( "2,000=1,060T
\n" ); document.write( "T=2,000/1,060
\n" ); document.write( "T=1.887 HOURS. OR 1 HOUR & 53 MINUTES.
\n" ); document.write( "12:00+1:53=1:53 PM. THEY WILL BE 2,000 MILES APART.
\n" ); document.write( "PROOF:
\n" ); document.write( "2,000=(560+500)1.887
\n" ); document.write( "2,000=1060*1.887
\n" ); document.write( "2,000=2,000
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