A plane could fly at an average speed of 694 m/s. Calculate how long it would take the plane to fly around the world (which is $4.00 xx 10^7\ "m"$ )?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-09T14:14:22

$"16 hours"$

Solve it using the formula

$"Speed" = "Distance"/"Time"$

$"t" = "Distance"/"Speed"$

$color(white)("t") = (4.00 × 10^7\ "m")/"694 m/s"$

$color(white)("t") = 5.76 × 10^4\ "s"$

$color(white)("t") = 5.76 × 10^4\ cancel"s" × "1 hr"/(3600 cancel"s")$

$color(white)("t") = 16\ "hr"$

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