Question

1. You live in Raleigh and plan to fly to Ottawa, Canada where the fishing is really good. It is 1,345 km. You book a non-stop flight for the two of you. If the jet flies 450 miles per hour, how long is your flight?

Answer 1

It takes 2 hours for the flight to reach Canada

Solution:

Given that You live in Raleigh and plan to fly to Ottawa, Canada

Distance is 1345 km

The jet flies 450 miles per hour

To find: Time taken to reach Canada

The time taken is given by formula:

$Time = \frac{distance}{speed}$

From given,

Distance = 1345 km

Convert to miles

1 km = 0.621371 miles

Therefore,

1345 km = 835.7443 miles

Substituting in formula, we get,

$Time = \frac{835.7443}{450}\\\\Time = 1.8572 \approx 2$

Thus it takes 2 hours for the flight to reach Canada