document.write( "Question 326760: A private airplane leaves Midway Airport and flies due east at a speed of 180 km/hr. two hours later, a jet leaves Midway and flies due east at a speed of 900 km/hr. how far from the airport will the jet overtake the private plane? \n" ); document.write( "
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Rate*Time=Distance
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\n" ); document.write( "In that two hours, the first jet moved 360 km.
\n" ); document.write( "Find the distance for each plane when they meet \"D1=D2=D\".
\n" ); document.write( "1.\"D=D1=180%2At%2B360\"
\n" ); document.write( "2.\"D=D2=900%2At\"
\n" ); document.write( "From eq. 2,
\n" ); document.write( "\"t=D%2F900\"
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute into eq. 1,
\n" ); document.write( "\"D=180%28D%2F900%29%2B360\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"D=0.2D%2B360\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"0.8D=360\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"D=360%2F0.8\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28D=450%29\"km
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