A Coast Guard search-and-rescue aircraft executes a mission over the ocean. It first flies directly to the designated search zone at an average speed of for hour and minutes. Once inside the zone, it slows to a search speed of , flying a grid pattern for hours and minutes. After completing the grid, it returns to base along a direct route at for minutes. What is the total distance flown by the aircraft during the entire mission, in miles?
Cevap: 630 miles
Cevap
630
The correct total distance is 630 miles. This is found by carefully converting the travel times of all three mission legs into hours, calculating the distance for each leg using the formula Distance = Rate × Time, and then summing the three results together.
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Calculating distance for multiple travel segments by independently converting mixed time units into hours and applying the Distance = Rate × Time formula.
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