document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=365871>Question 365871</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if a plane leaves at noon traveling at 180 mph and another plane leaves at 1 pm traveling at 330 mph, how long until they are even? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Noon plane DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 180 mph ; time = x hrs ; distance = 180x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 pm plane DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 330 mph ; time = x-1 hr ; distance = 330(x-1) miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180x = 330x-330<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-150x = -330<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2.2 hrs = 2 hrs 12 minutes (time it will take for the 1pm to catch the noon)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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