document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1037285>Question 1037285</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A plane leaves Chicago headed for Los Angeles at 550 mph. One hour later, a second plane leaves Los Angeles headed for Chicago at 630 mph. If the air route from Chicago to Los Angeles is 1800 miles, how long will it take (after the first plane takes off) for the first plane to pass the second plane? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hours? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Miles?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got 7.87 for hours and 2529 for miles. Its wrong and i cant for the life of me figure out my mistake<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A plane leaves Chicago headed for Los Angeles at 550 mph. One hour later, a second plane leaves Los Angeles headed for Chicago at 630 mph. If the air route from Chicago to Los Angeles is 1800 miles, how long will it take (after the first plane takes off) for the first plane to pass the second plane? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hours? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Miles?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got 7.87 for hours and 2529 for miles. Its wrong and i cant for the life of me figure out my mistake<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">Let time the 1st plane (Chicago to LA) takes to get to “meeting” point, be T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then time the 2nd plane (LA to Chicago) takes to get to “meeting” point is: T – 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance 1st plane traveled to get to meeting point: 550T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance 2nd plane traveled to get to meeting point: 630(T – 1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We then get the following DISTANCE equation: 550T + 630(T – 1) = 1,800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "550T + 630T – 630 = 1,800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1,180T = 1,800 + 630 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1,180T = 2,430<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T, or time it took for 1st plane to get to “meeting” point = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C3%2C+%222%2C430%22%2F%221%2C180%22%2C+or%2C+highlight%28matrix%281%2C4%2C+2.059322%2C+or%2C+2.06%2C+hours%29%29%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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