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Mattie Evans drove 80 miles in the same amount of time that it took a turbopropeller plane to travel 400 miles. The speed of the plane was 160 mph faster than the speed of the car. Find the speed of the plane.

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There is not a real way to justify this, but I saw first that 400-80 equals 320 which is double 160. This made me think that the period of time during this was 2 hours. The car drove 80 miles in two hours and the plane flew 400 miles in 2 hours. The period for one hour would be 40 mph for the car and 200 mph for the plane. 200-40=160. I have no idea how to prove it though and I’m hoping you can go backwards.
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