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Mattie Evans drove 150 miles in the same amount of time that it took a turbopropeller plane to travel 750 miles. The speed of the plane was 200 mph faster than the speed of the car. Find the speed of the plane.​

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Answer:

Explanation:

Nobody calls a plane a "Turbopropeller" it's a miss use of the word. :D It's always called a Turboprop. Next, math :D

c = car speed

p = plane speed

t = time

so we need to know the ratio of the speed of the turboprop plane compared to the speed of the car

p/c = ratio of plane to car speed

c/p = ratio of car to plane speed

750/150 = 5 that is, the plane is traveling 5 times the speed of the car

150 / 750 = 0.2 so the car is traveling 0.2 the speed of the plane

0.2 is also a fraction of 1/5 , which totally makes sense, right?

now let's put all the info together, we know that car went 150, and the plane went 750 miles , and that the plane is going 5 times faster than the car, so if we multiply the car speed by 5 we would have the planes speed

(c*t ) = 150

p*t = 750

we also know that the car plus 200 is the planes speed

c+200 = p

plug in our "p" into the 2nd equation

(c+200)t = 750

use the 1st equation to get "t"

t = 150/c

plug that into the 4th equation

(c+200)(150/c) = 750

can you solve it from here? :P

just in case,

150 +30,000/c = 750

30,000/c = 600

30,000/600 = c

50 = c

if the car's speed is 50 mph,

then the planes speed is 50+200 = 250 mph

This also works, b/c the car travels 3 hours to go 150,

and the plane travels 3 hours to go 750

we got it :P Turboprop :P

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