document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=570884>Question 570884</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two planes 1350 miles apart are flying toward each other at different altitudes. if one is flying at 250 miles per hour and the other at 290 miles per hour, how long will it take them to pass each other? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Their closing speed is 250+290 = 540 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "time = distance/rate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 1350/540 = 2.5 hrs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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