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Question 1197002: Two planes just took off from Milwaukee, WI. The first plane is traveling 2
2
times as fast as the second plane. After traveling in the same direction for 9
9
hours, they are 882
882
miles apart. What is the average speed of each plane? (Hint: Since they are traveling in the same direction, the distance between them will be the difference of their distances.)
Step 1 of 2 : Use the variables x and y to set up two equations to solve the given problem. Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Not too sure what values you are showing in description:
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Two planes just took off from Milwaukee, WI. The first plane is traveling 2
2
times as fast as the second plane. After traveling in the same direction for 9
9
hours, they are 882
882
miles apart. What is the average speed of each plane?
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Maybe your given exercise is this:
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Two planes just took off from Milwaukee, WI. The first plane is traveling 2
times as fast as the second plane. After traveling in the same direction for 9
hours, they are 882 miles apart. What is the average speed of each plane?
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So many exercise problems like this one have already been solved on the site.
Do the two planes begin travel at the same time? Likely they did and this was omitted in the description.
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