SOLUTION: if an airplane travels at a constant speed of 400 mph, how long will it have to fly to travel 2,000 miles?

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Question 987845: if an airplane travels at a constant speed of 400 mph, how long will it have to fly to travel 2,000 miles?
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mph means "miles per hour". If the speed is 400 miles per hour, then in the first hour, the plane goes 400 miles. In the second hour, the plane goes another 400 miles for a total of 800 miles. How many 400 mile segments, each one representing an hour of traveling time, are in 2000 miles?

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it