SOLUTION: Flying east between two cities, a plane's speed is 380 MPH. On the return trip, it flies at 420 MPH. Find the average speed over the whole round trip. -My teacher wrote on the pape
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Question 377770: Flying east between two cities, a plane's speed is 380 MPH. On the return trip, it flies at 420 MPH. Find the average speed over the whole round trip. -My teacher wrote on the paper that the answer is not 400 MPH. Thank you very much! Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
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avg speed for the round trip = 2*r1*r2/(rq + r2)
= 2*380*420/(800)
= 399 mph
