SOLUTION: : velocity equation, two air crafts are heading in the same direction, the 1st aircraft travels at 360 mph, the distance between them is 25 miles, after 15 minutes the 2nd aircraft

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Question 992560: : velocity equation, two air crafts are heading in the same direction, the 1st aircraft travels at 360 mph, the distance between them is 25 miles, after 15 minutes the 2nd aircraft passes the 1st aircraft, what is the speed of the 2nd aircraft?
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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The distance between the two places is 25miles. The second plane makes up the 25miles difference in 1/4 hour
distance+=+speed+%2A+time
25+=+speed+%2A+%281%2F4%29
100+=+speed
The second plane is going 100 miles an hour faster than plane number 1.
360+100 = 460 mph