Question

A plane can fly 10 miles per minute. The plane will fly 7 trips, and each trip is 510 miles. How many hours will the plane fly? Round to the nearest whole hour and show your work to receive full credit. (10 points)

Answer 1

6 hours

Explanation:

In one trip, the plane will fly 51 minutes (510:10=51).

In seven trips, the plane will fly 357 minutes (51.7=357)

1 hour=60 minutes

357:60=5.95

5.95 rounded to the nearest whole hour is 6 hours.