document.write( "Question 1162431: Mattie Evans drove 250 miles in the same amount of time that it took a turbo propeller plane to travel 1200 miles. The speed of the plane was 190 mph faster than the speed of the car. Find the speed of the plane.
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Mattie Evans drove 250 miles in the same amount of time that it took a turbo propeller plane to travel 1200 miles. The speed of the plane was 190 mph faster than the speed of the car. Find the speed of the plane.
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Let plane's speed be S
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document.write( "Then car's speed = S - 190.
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document.write( "Plane's and car's times: , respectively 
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document.write( "As their times are the same, we get the following DISTANCE equation: 
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document.write( " ------- Factoring out GCF, 50, in numerator
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document.write( "5S = 24(S - 190) ----- Cross-multiplying
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document.write( "5S = 24S - 24(190)
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document.write( "5S - 24S = - 24(190)
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document.write( "- 19S = - 24(190)
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document.write( "Plane's speed, or 
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document.write( "The other person, as usual, gave you a very complex and time-consuming solution, but it doesn't have to be that way. 
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document.write( "It's much SIMPLER than the way he presents it. Unless of course, you prefer complex and much time-consuming solutions, or understand them better. \n" );
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