document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=53239>Question 53239</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013052316X/algebrahomeworkh>Prentice Hall Mathematics Algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A jet leaves the Charlotte, North Carolina, airport traveling at an average rate of 546km/h. Another jet leaves the airport one half hour later traveling at 744km/h in the same direction. How long will the second jet take to ovretake the first? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "JET 1 TRAVELS IN HALF HOUR = 0.5*546 = 273 KM.= INITIAL DISTANCE OF SEPERATION BETWEEN THE 2 JETS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RELATIVE SPEED = 744-546 = 198 KM/HR<BR>\n" );
document.write( "TIME NEEDE TO OVERTAKE = 273/198 = 1.38 HRS. </SPAN>\n" );
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