SOLUTION: An airplane flies 1,000 due east in 2 hours and 1,000 due south in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the airplane? This is what I did: ((1,000/2)+(1,000/3))/2

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Question 103606: An airplane flies 1,000 due east in 2 hours and 1,000 due south in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the airplane?
This is what I did:
((1,000/2)+(1,000/3))/2

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