SOLUTION: A plane is travelling at 180 meters per second. How many minute will it take the plane to travel 800km

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Question 965986: A plane is travelling at 180 meters per second. How many minute will it take the plane to travel 800km
Answer by tenkun(12) About Me  (Show Source):
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speed of a plane = 180 m/s = 180* 18/5
= 648 km/h
( to convert m/s to km/h we should multiply by 18/5)

now
to travel 648 km the time taken by a plane = 1 h
to travel 800 km the time taken by a plane = 1/648 *800
= 1 h 19 min
= 79 min
hence solved