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Two planes leave an airport at noon. If the eastbound plane flies at 660 mph and the westbound plane flies at 600 mph, at what time will they be 2,000 miles apart? Round your answer to the nearest minute.
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Two planes leave an airport at noon. If the eastbound plane flies at 660 mph and the westbound plane flies at 600 mph, at what time will they be 2,000 miles apart? Round your answer to the nearest minute.

User Shaurya Chaudhuri
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I'm guessing that they took of in the same airport.

Each hour they will separate by 1260 miles or 21 miles each minute

2,000/21 = 95.23 minutes which is 1 hour and 35 minutes

Hope this helps :)
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