Question

A jet flies over the Air Force Base at 10:20 a.m. At 10:32 a.m., the plane passes over the Navy Base Station, 120 miles away. How fast is the aircraft traveling?

Answer 1

10 miles per minute

Explanation:

distance = speed x time

but we are working out the speed, so it is speed = distance/ time

it takes 12 minutes, so we do 120/ 12 which gives us 10