document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=715539>Question 715539</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A plane flies over Cleveland at 10:20 a.m. It passes over a community 120 miles away at 10:32 a.m. Find the plane's flight rate in miles per hour. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First find the amount of time it takes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "convert this to hours:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12/60 or 1/5 of an hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We know the formula is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate=miles divided by time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plug in the values:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate=120/1/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This can be rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120 divided by 1/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120 times 5 = 600 miles per hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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