document.write( "Question 677045: A small airplane flies 810 miles with an average speed of 270 miles per hour. 1.5 hours after the plane leaves, a Boeing 747 leaves from the same point. Both planes arrive at the same time; what was the average speed of the 747? \n" ); document.write( "
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A small airplane flies 810 miles with an average speed of 270 miles per hour.
\n" ); document.write( " 1.5 hours after the plane leaves, a Boeing 747 leaves from the same point.
\n" ); document.write( " Both planes arrive at the same time; what was the average speed of the 747?
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\n" ); document.write( "let s = the speed of the 747
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\n" ); document.write( "Write a time equation; time = dist/speed
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\n" ); document.write( "747 time + 1.5 hrs = small plane time
\n" ); document.write( "\"810%2Fs\" + 1.5 = \"810%2F270\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"810%2Fs\" + 1.5 = 3
\n" ); document.write( "\"810%2Fs\" = 3 - 1.5
\n" ); document.write( "\"810%2Fs\" = 1.5
\n" ); document.write( "1.5s = 810
\n" ); document.write( "s = 810/1.5
\n" ); document.write( "s = 540 mph
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\n" ); document.write( "Check this, find the 747 time
\n" ); document.write( "810/540 = 1.5 hrs\r
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