SOLUTION: A pilot flew from one office to another. The average speed going is 320mph and returning is 480mph, find the Round Trip distance, if total flying time was 5 hours.

Question 985958: A pilot flew from one office to another. The average speed going is 320mph and returning is 480mph, find the Round Trip distance, if total flying time was 5 hours.
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A pilot flew from one office to another. The average speed going is 320mph and returning is 480mph, find the Round Trip distance, if total flying time was 5 hours.
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Avg speed of the round trip is 2*320*480/(320 + 480)
= 307200/800
= 384 mi/hr
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RT distance = 384 mi/hr * 5 hr = 1920 miles

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