document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=435646>Question 435646</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a bomber takes off and flies 500kph a fighter setting out 2 1/2 hrs late flies at 750kpm how long will it take for the fighter to overtake the bomber and how far will the bomber have travelled at this time?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #853276 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(53427)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=853276\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The solution in the post by @mananth has one crucial error.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He mistakenly uses and operates with miles and miles per hour,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "while he should use kilometers and kilometers per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It reminds me a famous error in NASA calculations, when one team calculated <BR>\n" );
document.write( "everything in old English units, while the other team thought that the numbers are in SI system.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The accompanying info from Google AI Overview\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    That famous NASA error involved the 1999 Mars Climate Orbiter, which was    \r\n" );
document.write( "    lost because Lockheed Martin used English units (pound-seconds for thrust) \r\n" );
document.write( "    while NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) assumed metric units (Newton-\r\n" );
document.write( "    seconds), causing the spacecraft to enter Mars' atmosphere too low and burn \r\n" );
document.write( "    up instead of entering orbit, a $125-$327 million disaster highlighting \r\n" );
document.write( "    crucial communication gaps and unit confusion. \r\n" );
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