document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=838516>Question 838516</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two cities are 3040 miles apart. A plane leaves one of them,traveling towards the other at an average speed of 350 miles per hour. At the same time a plane leaves the other, traveling towards the first, at an average speed of 410 miles per hour. How long will it take them to meet ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "closing rate = 350+410 = 760 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "time to meet = distance/rate = 3040/760 = 4 hrs.<BR>\n" );
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