Question

3. You are flying 2586 miles from San Francisco to New York. An hour into the flight, you are 600
miles from
San Francisco. What is your speed in
m/s?

Answer 1

Answer:

268.2 m/s (1dp)

Explanation:

600 miles = 965,606m (1mile = 1609.34m)

965606/60 = 16,0943.43 ..... (metres traveled every minute)

16,0943.43/60 = 268.2238 .....

Answer 2

Answer:

268.22 m/s

Explanation:

An hour into the flight, you are 600 miles from San Francisco.

This sentence says that speed is 600 mi/h.

Now we need to convert it into m/s.

1 mi = 1609.34 m

1 h = 60 min = 60 min *60 s/1min = 3600 s

600 mi/h * 1609.34 m/1 mi * 1h/ 3600s= 600*1609.34/3600 m/s= =268.22 m/s