Two airplanes left the same airport and arrived at the same destination at the same time. the first airplane left at 8: 00 a. m. and traveled at an average rate of 496 mph. the second airplane left at 8: 30 a. m. and traveled at an average rate of 558 mph. how many hours did it take the first plane to travel to the destination? let x represent the number of hours that the first plane traveled. enter an equation that can be used to solve this problem in the first box. solve for x and enter the number of hours in the second box.