Respuesta :
The distance of both the planes from the starting point will be 1029 miles.
This is a question of time, speed and distance.
Given that:-
Speed of jet plane = 480 mph
Speed of propeller plane = 200 mph
Also, the propeller plane has a 3 hour head start.
We have to find the distance of both the planes from the starting point.
When the jet plane overtakes the propeller plane both of them would have covered the same distance.
Let the time taken by the jet plane to overtake the propeller plane be t hours.
Hence, the propeller plane would have travelled for (t+3) hours.
Hence, we can write,
480*t = 200*(t+3)
480t = 200t + 600
280t = 600
t = 600/280 = 15/7 hours.
Hence, distance from both the planes from the starting point = (15/7)*480 = 1028.57 miles = 1029 miles.
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