document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1148283>Question 1148283</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A slower plane leaves LAX 2 hours before a faster plane. If the slower plane travels at 400mph and the faster plane travels at 500 mph, how long after the faster plane leaves LAX are they traveling side by side  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The slower plane flies 2 hours at 400 mph before the faster plane takes off.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) How far has the slower plane flown when the faster plane takes off?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) The difference in speeds of the two planes is 100 mph.  So in each hour, the faster plane catches up to the slower by 100 miles.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) Catching up at the rate in (2), how many hours does it take the faster plane to make up the distance in (1)?<br><BR>\n" );
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