SOLUTION: An aeroplane flies 1000 km west and then 1000 km north. Then it flies back to the starting place by the shortest route. Its speed is 400 km/ hour throughout. What is the average ve

Question 769834: An aeroplane flies 1000 km west and then 1000 km north. Then it flies back to the starting place by the shortest route. Its speed is 400 km/ hour throughout. What is the average velocity over the entire trip?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An aeroplane flies 1000 km west and then 1000 km north. Then it flies back to the starting place by the shortest route. Its speed is 400 km/ hour throughout. What is the average velocity over the entire trip?
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400 km/hr, it says right there.
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PS Planes use knots for speed, not km/hr.

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