Two planes
Two planes are flying from airports A and B, 420 km apart. The plane from A took off 15 minutes later and flew at an average speed of 40 km/h higher than the plane from B. Determine the average speed of these two aircraft if you know that it will meet 30 minutes after takeoff A.
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