document.write( "Question 454654: Flight 725 left New York at 10:28 a.m. flying north. Flight 245 left from the same airport at 11:18 a.m. flying south at one hundred twenty kph less than three times the speed of flight 725. At 1:06 p.m. they are 1,030 kilometers apart. From the information given in question 14, what is the average rate of speed for Flight 725? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #312223 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Flight 725 left New York at 10:28 a.m. flying north. \n" ); document.write( " Flight 245 left from the same airport at 11:18 a.m. flying south at one hundred \n" ); document.write( "twenty kph less than three times the speed of flight 725. \n" ); document.write( " At 1:06 p.m. they are 1,030 kilometers apart. \n" ); document.write( " What is the average rate of speed for Flight 725? \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Let s = speed of flt 725 \n" ); document.write( "then it says: \n" ); document.write( "\"Flt 245 at one hundred twenty kph less than three times the speed of flight 725.\" \n" ); document.write( "therefore: \n" ); document.write( "(3s-120) = speed of flt 245 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Find the flying time of each aircraft change 1:06 to 13:06 \n" ); document.write( "Flt 725: 13:06 to 10:28: 12:66 - 10:28 = 2 hr 38 min or \n" ); document.write( "Flt 245: 13:06 to 11:18: 12:66 - 11:18 = 48 min or \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Write a distance equation: dist = speed * time \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Flt 725 dist + Flt 245 dist = 1030 km \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Multiply by 30, results: \n" ); document.write( "79s + 6*4(3s-120) = 30(1030) \n" ); document.write( "79s + 24(3s-120) = 30900 \n" ); document.write( "79s + 72s - 2880 = 30900 \n" ); document.write( "151s = 30900 + 2880 \n" ); document.write( "151s = 33780 \n" ); document.write( "s = \n" ); document.write( "s = 223.7 km/hr is flt 725 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |