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An airplane on a transatlantic flight took 4 hours 20 minutes to get from 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 200 miles to the flight. Approximately how fast did the plane travel?

(A) 640 mph (D) 750 mph (B) 710 mph (E) 772 mph (C) 738 mph

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738.

3200/4.33= 739.01

The closest to that is 738
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