SOLUTION: a plane on a search mission flew east from an airport, turned , and flew west back to the airport. the plane cruised at 200 km/h when flying east and 300 kn/h when flying west. if
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Question 351963: a plane on a search mission flew east from an airport, turned , and flew west back to the airport. the plane cruised at 200 km/h when flying east and 300 kn/h when flying west. if the plane was in the air for 6 hours, how far from the airport did it travel? Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Rate*Time=Distance
East:
1.
West:
2.
Total time:
3.
From eq. 1,
From eq. 2,
Substitute into eq. 3, km