SOLUTION: A jet plane traveling 550mph overtakes a small plane traveling at 180 mph that had a 1hr headstart.
how far from the starting positions are the planes?
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Question 318957: A jet plane traveling 550mph overtakes a small plane traveling at 180 mph that had a 1hr headstart.
how far from the starting positions are the planes?
Distance problem Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Rate*Time=Distance
In 1 hour, the small plane has already traveled 180 miles.
The distance for the small plane is,
The distance for the jet plane is,
Find when the distances are equal. hrs
Now use either distance equation to find the distance. or approximately miles
