HELP ASAP. A cargo plane and a private jet leave at the same time from the same airport traveling in opposite directions. The jet travels at twice the speed of the cargo plane. They are 2,400 miles apart in 4 hours. Find the speed of the cargo plane and the jet plane. Rate Time Distance
Cargo



Jet

answer

d. 10

explanation

the distance from point y to wx is the height of the triangle.

using pythagoras theorem,

group similar terms to get,

this implies that,

take positive square root of both sides to get,

this implies that,

6mm^3 or .6cm^3

      216

      /   \

  36     6

  /   \     /

6     6   6

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