SOLUTION: An airplane leaves La Guardia at 3pm and flies west at an average rate of 200 miles per hour. At 3:30 pm another plane leaves the airport and flies west at an average rate of 250 m
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Question 325213: An airplane leaves La Guardia at 3pm and flies west at an average rate of 200 miles per hour. At 3:30 pm another plane leaves the airport and flies west at an average rate of 250 miles per hour. At what time does the second plane overtake the first plane? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An airplane leaves La Guardia at 3pm and flies west at an average rate of 200 miles per hour. At 3:30 pm another plane leaves the airport and flies west at an average rate of 250 miles per hour. At what time does the second plane overtake the first plane?
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1st plane DATA:
rate = 200 mph ; time = x hrs; distance = 200x miles
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2nd plane DATA:
rate = 250 mph ; time = x-(1/2) hrs ; distance = 250(x-(1/2))= 250x-125 miles
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Equation:
distance = distance
200x = 250x-125
-50x = -125
x = 2.5 hrs
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time = 3:00 + 2.5 hrs = 5:30 pm
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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