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:

distance = rate x time

The total distance traveled by the plane is 3,000 + 600 = 3,600 miles. The time it took to cover this distance is 2 hours and 30 minutes, or 2.5 hours. So we have:

3,600 = rate x 2.5

Solving for the rate, we get:

rate = 3,600 / 2.5 = 1440 mph

Therefore, the answer is (A) 1440mph