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1. A plane travels from Los Angeles to Portland in 2.0 hours. If the distance between the two cities is 960 miles, how fast was the plane traveling? Given Unknown Equation Substitute Solve​

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Answer:

480 milies per hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Step one

Given

time taken = 2 hours

the distance between the cities = 960miles

Required

the speed of the plane

Step two:

the formula for the speed is

speed= distance/time

speed= 960/2

speed= 480 milies per hours

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