document.write( "Question 1052251: An airplane takes off from an airport at 7:00 a.m. traveling at a rate of 350 mph. Two hours later, a jet takes off from the same airport following the same flight path at 490 mph. How many hours will it take the jet to catch up with airplane? \n" ); document.write( "

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The two travelers/vehicles catchup problem\r
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document.write( "                 SPEED           TIME           DISTANCE\r\n" );
document.write( "EARLYSLOW        350             t+2             d\r\n" );
document.write( "LATEFAST         490             t               d\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Basic Rule RT=D;
\n" ); document.write( "solve for both d and t;
\n" ); document.write( "Concentrate on time quantities first, and time points later. \n" ); document.write( "

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