Question

An airplane on a transatlantic flight took 2 hours 30 minutes to get form New York to its destination, a distance of 3,000 miles. To avoid a storm, however, the pilot went off his course, adding a distance of 600 miles to the flight. How fast did the plane travel?

A) 1440mph
B) 1461mph
C) 1480mph
D) 1466mph
E) 1380mph

Please Help

Answer 1

We can use the formula speed = distance / time to calculate the speed of the plane.

The total distance traveled by the plane is 3,000 + 600 = 3,600 miles.

The total time taken by the plane is 2 hours 30 minutes, which is equivalent to 2.5 hours.

Therefore, the speed of the plane is:

speed = distance / time

= 3,600 / 2.5

= 1,440 miles per hour

So the answer is (A) 1440mph