SOLUTION: a passenger plane made a trip to las vegas and back,on the trip there it flew 432 mph and on the return it went 480 mph,how long did the trip there take if the return trip took nin

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Question 325529: a passenger plane made a trip to las vegas and back,on the trip there it flew 432 mph and on the return it went 480 mph,how long did the trip there take if the return trip took nine hours?
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Return trip speed = 480 mph
time = 9 hours
Distance = 480*9=4120 miles.
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tripe to las vegas speed = 432 mph
distance = 4120 miles
time = distance / speed
4120/432
= 9.53 hours