An airplane on autopilot took 8 hours to travel 5,640 kilometers. What is the unit rate for kilometers per hour?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-20T23:11:46

The unit rate is #"705 km/h"#.

#r=d/t#,

where:

#r# is the rate of change (speed), #d# is distance, and #t# is time.

Plug in the given values and solve.

#r=("5,640 km")/("8 h")="705 km/h"#

An airplane on autopilot took 8 hours to travel 5,640 kilometers. What is the unit rate for kilometers per​ hour?