SOLUTION: A small airplane flies 810 miles with an average speed of 270 miles per hour. 1.5 hours after the plane leaves, a Boeing 747 leaves from the same point. Both planes arrive at the s
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Question 677045: A small airplane flies 810 miles with an average speed of 270 miles per hour. 1.5 hours after the plane leaves, a Boeing 747 leaves from the same point. Both planes arrive at the same time; what was the average speed of the 747? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A small airplane flies 810 miles with an average speed of 270 miles per hour.
1.5 hours after the plane leaves, a Boeing 747 leaves from the same point.
Both planes arrive at the same time; what was the average speed of the 747?
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let s = the speed of the 747
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Write a time equation; time = dist/speed
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747 time + 1.5 hrs = small plane time + 1.5 = + 1.5 = 3 = 3 - 1.5 = 1.5
1.5s = 810
s = 810/1.5
s = 540 mph
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Check this, find the 747 time
810/540 = 1.5 hrs
