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when a plane is flying from one city to another and is 550 miles per hour and is 430 miles per hour on the return flight.
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when a plane is flying from one city to another and is 550 miles per hour and is 430 miles per hour on the return flight.
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when a plane is flying from one city to another and is 550 miles per hour and is 430 miles per hour on the return flight. Found 2 solutions by ankor@dixie-net.com, Alan3354:Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! calculate average speed when a plane is flying from one city to another and
is 550 miles per hour and is 430 miles per hour on the return flight.
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Let a = the average speed for the round trip
Let d = the one-way dist
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Write a time equation: time = dist/speed
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outbound time + return time = total time + =
Actually we don't need d, just put it in here to illustrate what we are doing here
Divide thru by d, and we have: + =
Multiply by 23650a to clear the denominators, results
43a + 55a = 47300
98a = 47300
a =
a = 482.653 mph is the average speed
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You can confirm this solution by choosing a value for d and finding the total of the actual times.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! how can i calculate average speed
when a plane is flying from one city to another and is 550 miles per hour and is 430 miles per hour on the return flight.
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Average speed for a round trip is similar to parallel resistors, but times 2.
Avg speed = 2*550*430/(550 + 430)
= 473000/980
=~ 482.65 mph
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It's always less than the average of the 2 speeds, because more time is spent moving at the lower speed (unless they're the same speed).
