The average speed is the ratio of the total distance to the total time. Then the average speed of the airplane will be 698.19 miles per hour.
<h3>What is speed?</h3>
The distance covered by the particle or the body in an hour is called speed. It is a scalar quantity. It is the ratio of distance to time.
We know that the speed formula
Speed = Distance/Time
An airplane files 867 miles with a constant speed of 612 mph and then another 1984 miles with a constant speed of 744 mph.
Then time taken for the first trip will be
t₁ = 867 / 612
t₁ = 1.4167 hours
Then time taken for the second trip will be
t₂ = 1984 / 744
t₂ = 2.6667 hours
Then the average speed is the ratio of the total distance to the total time.
The total distance will be
Total distance = 867 + 1984
Total distance = 2851 miles
The total time will be
Total distance = 1.4167 + 2.6667
Total distance = 4.0834 hours
Then the average speed will be
Average speed = 2851 / 4.0834
Average speed = 698.19 mi/h
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