document.write( "Question 1098919: A jet bomber traveling 500 miles per hour arrived over its target at the same time as its fighter jet escort which left the same base 1/2 hour after the bomber took off. How many hours did it take a jet bomber to reach the target if the fighter jet traveled 600 miles per hour? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Your equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "500*t = 600*(t-0.5),\r\n" );
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document.write( "where t is the time under the question.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The left side is the distance covered by the bomber.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The right side is the distance traveled by the fighter, which spent 0.5 hour less time to cover the same distance.\r\n" );
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document.write( "500t = 600t - 300  ====>  300 = 600t - 500t  ====>  100t = 300  ====>  t =  = 3 hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer. 3 hours.\r\n" );
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