document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=390724>Question 390724</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve the following word problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At 7:00 a.m. a plane left Houston for Detroit, 1750 miles away, flying at 400 mph.  At 8:30 a.m. a plane left Detroit for Houston at 500 mph.  At what time did they pass each other?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Alison </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1750=400T+500(T-1.5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1750=400T+500T-750<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1750=900T-750<BR>\n" );
document.write( "900T=1750+750<BR>\n" );
document.write( "900T=2500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=2500/900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=2.78 HOURS AFTER THE 400 MPH. PLANE LEAVES THEY WILL MEET.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.78=2:47 HOURS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7:00+2:47=9:47 THEY WILL MEET. </SPAN>\n" );
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