Question

at 10 am a plane leaves Boston Massachusetts, for Seattle, Washington, a distance of 3,000 miles one hour later a plane leaves Seattle for Boston. Both planes are traveling at a speed of 500 mph how many hours after the plane leaves Seattle will the planes pass each other?

Answer 1

so the answer is 3,000 miles?

Answer 2

am i suppose to add 2+1 and then multiply that by 500?

Answer 3

ok thank u so much for your help have a good night

Answer 4

The plane leaving Boston has flown 500 miles after 1 hour so there is now 2500 miles separating both planes. They are now flying toward each other at a closing speed of 1000 mph, 500 mph plus 500 mph.\[t=\frac{2500}{500+500}=2.5\text{ hrs} \]They will pass each other in 2.5 hrs.