Question

A plane flies 3,500 miles from New York City to London in 6 hours. The same plane flying at the same speed takes 7.4 hours to fly from New York City to Rome. What is the distance between New York City and Rome?

Answer 1

Answer:

  4317 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

At a given speed, distance is proportional to time.

  NY-Rome distance = (3500 mi)(7.4 h)/(6 h) = 4316 2/3 mi ≈ 4317 mi