Question

A plane is travelling at 180 metres per second. How many minutes will it take for the plane to travel 800km? Give your answer in the nearest minute.

Answer 1

79 minutes

Explanation:

A plane is travelling at 180 meters per seconds

Convert to km/hr

180× 18/5

= 648 km/hr

Since 648 km equals 1 hour then the number of minutes required for the plane to travel 800 km is

= 1/648 × 800

= 1 hour 19 minutes

Conver the time to full minutes

60 minutes = 1 hour

= 60+19

= 79 minutes

Hence the minutes required for the plane to travel 800km is 79 minutes