Question

An airplane travels 2400 km at a speed of 600 km/h, decreases its speed to 400 km/h for the next 1200 km and travels the last 2,500 km at a speed of 500 km/h.
Problem 1, Question 1: What is the total travel time?
Total time:
Problem 1, Question 2: Find the average speed of the plane for the trip.
Average speed:

help :D

Answer 1

Forget the numbers and think about how speed works for a second. If a plane flies at 600km/h, this means that it will fly exactly 600 km in 1 hour. So, how long would it take to fly 2400 km??

2400/600 = 4hours.

Do this for all three and add up the hours.

Total time: 12 hours

Average speed is the total distance / total time.

So,

Add up all the distances and divide by 12.

(2400+1200+2500) / 12

Average speed: 508.33333333 km/h