Question

9) Suppose it takes a plane 5 hours to travel from Philadelphia to San Francisco. It

travels at an average speed of 500 miles per hour. What is the distance between
the two cities?

Answer 1

2500miles

Step-by-step explanation:

Given parameters:

Time of travel = 5hrs

Average speed = 500miles/hr

Unknown:

Distance between the two cities = ?

Solution:

To solve this problem, we must understand that speed is the distance covered with time.

So;

Distance = speed x time

Distance = 500 x 5 = 2500miles