SOLUTION: In a certain amount of time, a plane traveling at a constant 250 miles per hour traveled 20,000 feet. In this same amount of time, how many feet would a plane traveling at a consta

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Question 550099: In a certain amount of time, a plane traveling at a constant 250 miles per hour traveled 20,000 feet. In this same amount of time, how many feet would a plane traveling at a constant 400 miles per hour travel?
Answer by mathstutor458(57) About Me  (Show Source):
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A plane traveling at a constant 250 miles per hour traveled 20,000 feet.
250miles/hour = 20000feet
400miles/hour = 20000*400/250
= 80*400
= 32000 feet can travel a plane