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A plane can fly 550 miles in the same time as it takes a car to go 150 miles. If the car travels 80 mph slower than the plane, find the speed of the plane.

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The easiest way is probably noticing that the plane flies 180 miles farther than the car in the same time. And...the car goes 90 mph slower. If you imagine that they started at the same point...that means that the two trips went on for two hours (2 hours x 90 mph faster = 180 miles farther).
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