SOLUTION: A plane will travel a distance of 2,000 miles. It travels 1,650 miles in 3 hours. If it travels the remaining distance at the same speed, which equation can be used to find the tim
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Question 1138963: A plane will travel a distance of 2,000 miles. It travels 1,650 miles in 3 hours. If it travels the remaining distance at the same speed, which equation can be used to find the time t, in hours, it will take to travel the remaining distance? Answer by ikleyn(52840) (Show Source):
This proportion can be used
= ,
saying that the speed of the aircraft was the same on the both parts of the flight.
In this equation "t" is the time to travel the remaining distance.
