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document.write( "At precisely noon, one plane leaves New York, heading for Orlando, and another leaves Orlando, heading for New York. The distance from New York to Orlando is 1300 miles. The plane from New York flies at 450 Mph and the Orlando plane flies at 490 mph. When will the planes be 125 miles apart. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #537850 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! An easy way to do this is to think of one \n" ); document.write( "of the planes as standing still and the other approaching at \n" ); document.write( "the sum of their speeds \n" ); document.write( "The equation shows the time, \n" ); document.write( "planes are \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "One and a quarter hours after noon is 1:15 PM \n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( "check: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "------------------- \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "OK \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |