document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=133443>Question 133443</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jet 1 can fly from San Francisco to Dallas in 3 hours.  Jet 2 can make the same trip in 3.5 hours.  If the two jets leave San Francisco at noon, after how many hours is Jet 2 twice as far from Dallas as jet 1? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #97623 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=97623\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the question is asking how long until the FRACTION of the trip remaining for jet 2 is twice the FRACTION remaining for jet 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=hours __ (3.5-x)/3.5=2((3-x)/3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiplying by 3(3.5) __ 10.5-3x=21-7x __ 4x=10.5 </SPAN>\n" );
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