Mariana tried to drink a slushy as fast as she could. she drank the slushy at a rate of 4.5 milliliters per second. after 17 seconds, 148.5 milliliters of slushy remained. how long did it take for her to finish the slushy if she originally started with 225 milliliters?

Aplane is taking off from bangladesh headed to new york city. at the same time, a plane from new york city is headed to bangladesh is also taking off. the plane bound to new york city is traveling at 600 mph, while the plane traveling to bangladesh is traveling at 400 mph. how far from new york city will the two planes meet if the distance between new york city and bangladesh is 8,000 miles?