document.write( "Question 708693: Two planes start from Los Angeles International Airport and fly in opposite directions. The second plane starts 1/2 hour after the first plane, but its speed is 80 kilometers per hour faster. Find the airspeed of each plane if 2 hours after the first plane departs the planes are 3200 kilometers apart.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #436199 by lwsshak3(11628) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two planes start from Los Angeles International Airport and fly in opposite directions. The second plane starts 1/2 hour after the first plane, but its speed is 80 kilometers per hour faster. Find the airspeed of each plane if 2 hours after the first plane departs the planes are 3200 kilometers apart. \n" ); document.write( "Make a system to solve. \n" ); document.write( "** \n" ); document.write( "let x=speed of the first plane \n" ); document.write( "x+80=speed of the second plane \n" ); document.write( "distance=speed*travel time \n" ); document.write( "travel time of first plane=2 hrs \n" ); document.write( "travel time of second plane=1.5 hrs \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "2x+1.5(x+80)=3200 \n" ); document.write( "2x+1.5x+120=3200 \n" ); document.write( "3.5x=3080 \n" ); document.write( "x=880 \n" ); document.write( "x+80=960 \n" ); document.write( "speed of the first plane=880 km/hr \n" ); document.write( "speed of the second plane=960 km/hr \n" ); document.write( " |