document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=61544>Question 61544</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">     A Plane flies from Portland, ME to El Paso, TX with an average speed of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "303mph.  A car drives the same distance and leaves at the same time, averaging<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a speed of 50 mph.  The plane arrives in El Paso 35.42 hours before the car.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How far is it from Portland to El Paso?   <BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Please Help   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #42362 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=asha><B>asha(30)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=asha><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=42362\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let the distance from Portland to El Paso be x miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the speed of the plane is 303 m.p.h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the speed of the car is 50 m.p.h.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time taken by the plane to fly the distance is x/303 hrs.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time taken bythe car to travel the same distance is x/50 hrs.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but it is given that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/50 -x/303 =35.42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(1/50-1/303) =35.42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(303-50)303*50=35.42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "253*x =35.42*303*50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=( 35.42*303*50)/253<BR>\n" );
document.write( " = 2121 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you can check the answer by plugging in the values in the equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "good luck !!! </SPAN>\n" );
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