document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1035384>Question 1035384</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a plane left the airport at 3pm flying west at the rate of 450 miles per hour. at 3:30 pm, another plane left the same airport, flying west at the rate of 500 miles per hour. at what time did the second plane overtake the first plane? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Plane 1 went 450 miles/hr for 30 minutes, and traveled 225 miles. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When plane 2 took off, it was going faster than plane 1 by 50 miles/hour, so, to catch up by 225 took 225/50 or 4.5 hours.  </SPAN>\n" );
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