SOLUTION: A plane flying at 800mph has a 4 hour head start on a "chase plane", which has a speed of 800 mph. How far from the airport will the chase plane overtake the first plane?
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Question 495107: A plane flying at 800mph has a 4 hour head start on a "chase plane", which has a speed of 800 mph. How far from the airport will the chase plane overtake the first plane? Answer by Edwin McCravy(20067) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A plane flying at 800mph has a 4 hour head start on a "chase plane", which has a speed of 800 mph. How far from the airport will the chase plane overtake the first plane?
It won't ever overtake the first plane because to overtake it, it
would have to go faster than the plane its chasing, not the same speed.
You copied the problem wrong and put the same speed 800mph for both planes.
Post again with the correct speeds.
Edwin
