Question:
I need help with the following Brain Teaser...?
Rose
2007-05-12 09:16:02 UTC
megawon took six hours to fly to pluto, in tierra del fuego, at 2000 miles per hours. she hit a headwind on the way back and could make only 1000 miles per hour. what was her average airspeed?
Nine answers:
hoptoad
2007-05-12 09:34:21 UTC
It's been a long time since I learned maths, but here goes:



We know that the distance from her start point to her destination is 12,000 miles because it took her six hours at 2000 mph to get there.

Total distance flown (round-trip, so 2 x 12,000) is 24,000.



We know that the time on the return trip was 12 hours (12,000 miles at 1000 mph).

Total trip time is then 18 hours (6 hours to get there, 12 hours to get back).



24,000 miles divided by 18 hours is 1333.333... miles (1333 miles, 20 minutes ) per hour.



I think that's the way we used to do that sort of problem in the old pre-calculator days. I hope I explained it okay!
phoenixthe1st
2007-05-12 09:23:28 UTC
Calculate the distance from Pluto to the origin.



Distance = Time x Speed

Distance = 6 x 2000

Distance = 12000 miles



Using the distance, calculate the total time she took to get back from Pluto.



Time = Distance/Speed

Time = 12000/1000

Time = 12 hours



Average Speed = Total Distance Travelled/Total Time taken

Average Speed = (12000+12000)/(12+6)

Average Speed = 24000/18

Average Speed = 1333 1/3 miles per hour



Hope this helped. :)
Tom W
2007-05-12 09:40:17 UTC
You ask for air speed not ground speed. Here is how you could figure the answer to your question.

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True airspeed (TAS) is the speed of an aircraft relative to the airmass in which it flies, i.e. the magnitude of the vector difference of the velocity of the aircraft and the velocity of the air. Under zero wind conditions and in horizontal flight, this is equal to the speed over the ground. Under wind conditions an estimation of the wind is used to make a windspeed vector calculation that computes an estimated ground speed from the true air speed and a wind correction angle to maintain the desired ground track.



Aircraft display an indicated airspeed on an instrument called an airspeed indicator. Indicated airspeed will differ from true airspeed at air densities other than some reference density. Air density is affected by temperature, moisture content, and altitude. Indicated airspeed is used in aircraft operation as the aircraft stalling speed and structural limiting speeds are dependent on indicated airspeed, irrespective of true airspeed. However, proper navigation via dead reckoning (without constant ground reference) requires the use of true airspeed and wind corrections.



TAS can be calculated as a function of Mach number and static air temperature:



TAS ={a_{sl}} M_a \sqrt{T\over T_{sl}}



Where

TAS = true airspeed

asl is the standard speed of sound at 15 °C (661.47 knots)

Ma is Mach number,

T is static air temperature in Kelvin,

Tsl is standard sea level temperature (288.15 K)



Combining the above with the expression for Mach number under subsonic compresible flow gives an expression for TAS as a function of impact pressure (pitot tube), static pressure and static air temperature:



TAS={a_{sl}}\sqrt{{5T\over T_{sl}}\left[\left(\frac{q_c}{P}+1\right)^\frac{2}{7}-1\right]}



Where

qc is impact pressure

P is static pressure



Electronic Flight Instrument Systems (EFIS) contain an air data computer with inputs of impact pressure, static pressure and total air temperature. In order to compute TAS the air data computer must convert total air temperature to static air temperature. This is a function of Mach number:



T={\frac{T_{t}}{1+0.2M_a^2}}



Where

Tt = total air temperature



For manual calculation of TAS in knots where Mach number and static air temperature are known the expression may be simplified to:



\mathrm{TAS} = 39M_a\sqrt{T}



remembering that temperature is in Kelvin.



In simple aircraft, without an air data computer or Machmeter, true airspeed can be calculated as a function of calibrated airspeed and local air density (or static air temperature and pressure altitude which determine density). Some airspeed indicators incorporate a slide rule mechanism to perform this calculation. Otherwise, it can be performed with a calculator such as the E6B handheld circular slide rule.
2007-05-12 09:22:22 UTC
1500 avg



add 2000 plus 1000 divide by 2
Abhishek
2007-05-12 09:59:51 UTC
speed1=2000mph

time=6 h

distance=speed * time

=2000*6

=12000 miles



speed2=1000mph

distance=12000miles(distance from one place to another is 12000, then distance while coming back will be the same)

time=distance/speed

=12000/1000

=12 h



Average speed= total distance / total time

=(12000+12000) / 6+12

=24000/18

=1333.33mph (ANSWER)
girly
2007-05-12 09:24:04 UTC
1500
zaidy i
2007-05-12 10:24:47 UTC
yeah, the true answer is 1.3333 miles per hour
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2016-05-21 07:10:26 UTC
He is in Big Debt
2007-05-12 09:18:34 UTC
True


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