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A plane flying at 800mph has a 4 hour head start on a \"chase plane\", which has a speed of 800 mph. How far from the airport will the chase plane overtake the first plane?
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document.write( "It won't ever overtake the first plane because to overtake it, it
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document.write( "would have to go faster than the plane its chasing, not the same speed.
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document.write( "You copied the problem wrong and put the same speed 800mph for both planes.
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document.write( "Post again with the correct speeds.\r
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