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I'm having trouble justifying that 3.5 hours is the tie to intercept at that rate.

I think I have an answer... The difference in distance of starting points (210Nm) divided by the difference between the two speeds (60Kts) gives me a time of 3.5 hours. Multiplying both aircraft speeds (340Kts and 280Kts) by 3.5 gives me 1190Nm and 980Nm respectively. Subtracting 210Nm from...

Is this equation not relevant to the problem?

Thank you, it does help in visualizing it. It would take the faster aircraft (340kts) approximately 37 minutes to travel 210Nm then I'm not sure where to go from there.

I need to calculate what distance the Aircraft A needs to travel to catch Aircraft B. What I think I can get from the question is the relationship between the Distance traveled by the two Aircraft. (340Kts x Time) - 210 = 280Kts x Time But I'm not sure if that is the correct way to go by it. Matt

Hi, I'm struggling to solve this problem. Can anyone please solve it and explain it to me? Thanks.