An airplane traveled from Boston to Seattle, which is approximately 3000 miles. The flight was in the air traveling from 7:00 am until 1:00 pm. Calculate the speed of the airplane that traveled this distance in that timespan.
There are six hours in between 7:00am and 1:00pm. So the airplane traveled 3,000 miles in 6 hours. Divide 3,000 by 6 to get the answer, which in this case is 500. Hope this helped!