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Question 1125316: Two airplanes left the same airport and arrived at the same destination at the same time. The first airplane left at 8:00 a.m. and traveled at an average rate of 496 miles per hour. The second airplane left at 8:30 a.m. and traveled at an average rate of 558 miles per hour. Let x represent the number of hours that the first plane traveled.
How many hours did it take the first plane to travel to the destination? Answer by ikleyn(52770) (Show Source):
