Ajet plane traveling at 550 mph overtakes a propeller plane traveling at 250 mph that had a 5-hour head start. how far from the starting point are the planes? the planes are __ miles from the starting point.

answer: the anser is 3

step-by-step explanation:

c- 2o is equal to 9

30 miles

step-by-step explanation:

we know that 60 seconds equals 1 minute and 60 minutes 1 hour

44 ft       60 sec     60 min     158400   ft

  *   *   =

1 sec       1 min       1 hour         hour

we know that there are 5280 ft per mile

158400   ft       1 mile         30 miles

  *   =

1   hour               5280 ft     1 hour

so in 1 hour   it can travel 30 miles