a jet plane traveling at 500mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200mph that had a 2 hour head start. how far from the s

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Furkat [3]

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a jet plane traveling at 500mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 200mph that had a 2 hour head start. how far from the s

tarting point are the planes

Mathematics

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Orlov [11] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-13T23:53:48+03:00

Orlov [11]3 years ago

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D $D_{1} = D_{2}
$
500(x-2)=200x
500x-1000=200x
300x=1000
x=3.333330 or 3 and 1/3

Propeller distance: 3 and 1/3 * 200 = 666.666667 or 666 and 2/3 miles