document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=653151>Question 653151</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two airplanes fly toward each other from points 900 miles apart, at the rates, per hour, of 300 miles and 250 miles. When will they meet if they start at the same instant?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Time is the same for both.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rate*Time = Distance<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance + distance = 900 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "300t + 250t = 900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "550t = 900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 900/550 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 1.64 hrs = 1hr 38 min 11 seconds<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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