Question

An aircraft flies a distance of 586.4 nautical miles between two cities .how far is the distance is statute miles?

Answer 1

Given:

Distnce in nautical miles = 586.4 miles

Let's find the distance in statute mile.

Apply the standard unit of measurement:

1 statute mile = 5280 ft

1 nautical mile = 6076.115 ft

Let's find the ratio:

`(6076.115)/(5280)=1.150779356`

To convert from nautical mile to statute mile, multiply by the factor of 1.150779356

To convert from statute to nautical mile, divide by the factor of 1.150779356.

To convert the distance from nautical to statute, we have:

`586.4\ast(6076.115)/(5280)=674.82\text{ statute mile}`

Therefore, the distance in statute miles is 674.82 miles.

ANSWER:

674.82 mi