document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=889594>Question 889594</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  At 12-noon flight 237 leaves Chicago headed due south and traveling at a rate of r miles per hour. At 12-noon a second flight, flight 875, left Chicago from a different runway headed due east and traveling 40 miles per hour slower than flight 237. At 3:00pm the planes are 600 miles apart. How fast is flight 237 traveling?  i need to know how fast flight 237 is traveling. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #538275 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=538275\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (3*r)^2+(3*(r-40))^2=600^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r=160  flight 237<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r-40=120 flight 875<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3*160)^2+(3*120)^2=600^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "230400+1296000=36000<BR>\n" );
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