document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=41128>Question 41128</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A plane took 1 hour longer to travel 560 miles on the first portion of the flight than it took to fly 480 miles on the second portion. If the speed was the same for each portion, what was the flying time for the seocnd part of the trip?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is it 6 hours? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #26557 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=PaulAllen65270><B>PaulAllen65270(19)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=PaulAllen65270><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.loganstreetcofc.com/Graphics/teach_&_learn.jpg valign=middle><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=26557\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First you need to find the equation to work this problem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We will let the second planes flying time be equal to x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So if the first plane took 1 hour longer it would be x + 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now the formula to find speed is distance divided by time since the speeds are equal we need to find what that equation would be.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "second planes speed is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=480+%2F+x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"480+%2F+x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The first planes speed is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=560+%2F+%28x+%2B+1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"560+%2F+%28x+%2B+1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem said that the speed was the same so now we can set these two equations equal to each other\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=480+%2F+x+=+560+%2F+%28x+%2B+1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"480+%2F+x+=+560+%2F+%28x+%2B+1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You then need to cross multimply\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=480%2A%28x%2B1%29=560%2Ax ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"480%2A%28x%2B1%29=560%2Ax\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=480x%2B480=560x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"480x%2B480=560x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then you subtract 480x from both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=480=80x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"480=80x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then you divide both sides by 80 to get x by itself\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the flight time of the second plane is 6 hours and the flight time of the other plane is 7 hours.   </SPAN>\n" );
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