document.write( "Question 958743: At precisely noon, one plane leaves New York, heading for Orlanado,and another leaves Orlanado, heading for New York. The distance from New York to Orlando to 1300 mi. The plane from New York at 450 mph and the orlando plane flies at 490mph. When will the planes be12 mi apart? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #585984 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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You can think of this as 1 plane flying
\n" ); document.write( "at the sum of their speeds and the other
\n" ); document.write( "plane not moving. Then imagine that
\n" ); document.write( "the moving plane stops $\"+12+\"$ miles
\n" ); document.write( "short of destination
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+1300+-+12+=+%28+450+%2B+490+%29%2At+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+1288+=+940t+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+t+=+1.3702+\"$ |
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+.3702%2A60+=+22.2128+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+.2128%2A60+=+12.766+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The planes will be 12 mi apart in
\n" ); document.write( "1 hr 22 min 13 sec
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\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+1300+-+12+=+%28+450+%2B+490+%29%2A1.3702+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+1288+=+940%2A1.3702+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+1288+=+1287.988+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "close enough\r
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