SOLUTION: assume that los angeles and nyc are 3,000 miles apart. A plane starts out from nyc and averages 300 miles per hour. Two hours later a plane leaves los angeles. At what average spee
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Question 942936: assume that los angeles and nyc are 3,000 miles apart. A plane starts out from nyc and averages 300 miles per hour. Two hours later a plane leaves los angeles. At what average speed must this plane travel if the two planes pass each other half way between the two cities? Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The distance between=3000 mi, halfway point would be 1500 mi It would take the first plane 5 hours at 300 mph to reach halfway, and it has already been traveling two hours, so it will reach the halfway point in three hours. The second plane must travel halfway (1500 miles) in three hours or (1500mi/3hrs)=500 mph
