SOLUTION: if a jet was flying 2400 miles, jet stream it took 5 hours how fast is the jet going

Question 259351: if a jet was flying 2400 miles, jet stream it took 5 hours how fast is the jet going
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!




"Per" means "divided by", so

to find miles per hour, you just divide miles by hours:

Divide 2400 miles by 5 hours like this:

   480
5)2400
  20
   40
   40
     0
     0
 
and you get 480 miles per hour.

Edwin

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