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document.write( "Two small airplanes started out at the same time from two cities 1,470 kilometers apart and met in 3 hours. If the rate of one was 230 kph, what was the average speed of the other?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The first airplane covered the distance of &nbsp;230 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=km%2Fh ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"km%2Fh\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > * 3 hours = 690 km &nbsp;from the starting point to the meeting point.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, &nbsp;the second airplane covered &nbsp;1470 km - 690 km = 780 km.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, &nbsp;the average speed of the second airplane was &nbsp;<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=780%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"780%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 260 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=km%2Fh ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"km%2Fh\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>Answer</U>. &nbsp;The average speed of the second airplane was &nbsp;260 kilometers per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The good old style requires to say in the condition that airplanes flied toward each other. \r<BR>\n" );
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