document.write( "Question 1134684: Two rockets are to be launched at the same time from NASA headquarters in Florida, and are to meet at a space station many miles from Earth. The first rocket is to travel at 20,000 miles per hour and the second rocket will travel at 14,000 miles per hour. If the first rocket is scheduled to reach the space station 0.9 of an hour before the second rocket, how far is the space station from NASA headquarters? \n" ); document.write( "

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First rocket travels x hours
\n" ); document.write( "Second rocket travels x+0.9 hours
\n" ); document.write( "Distance is speed*velocity. They both go the same distance
\n" ); document.write( "So 20000*x=14000(x+0.9)
\n" ); document.write( "20000x=14000x+12600
\n" ); document.write( "6000x=12600
\n" ); document.write( "x=2.1 hours
\n" ); document.write( "20000*2.1=42000 miles
\n" ); document.write( "14000*3.0=42000 miles ANSWER \n" ); document.write( "

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