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The distance between New York and London is 3469 miles. If an airplane has a cruising speed of 350 mph and a tail wind of 50 mph, how many miles out will it reach the point of no return? (A tail wind is a wind blowing in the same direction as the airplane. The point of no return is the point on the flight where it will take the same amount of time to fly on to the destination as to fly back to the starting point.) Round answer to one decimal place.

The distance between New York and London is 3469 miles. If an airplane has a cruising speed of 350 mph and a tail wind of 50 mph, how many miles out will it reach the point of no return? (A tail wind is a wind blowing in the same direction as the airplane. The point of no return is the point on the flight where it will take the same amount of time to fly on to the destination as to fly back to the starting point.) Round answer to one decimal place.

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The distance between New York and London is 3469 miles. If an airplane has a cruising speed of 350 mph and a tail wind of 50 mph, how many miles out will it reach the point of no return? (A tail wind is a wind blowing in the same direction as the airplane. The point of no return is the point on the flight where it will take the same amount of time to fly on to the destination as to fly back to the starting point.) Round answer to one decimal place.
Transcribed Image Text:The distance between New York and London is 3469 miles. If an airplane has a cruising speed of 350 mph and a tail wind of 50 mph, how many miles out will it reach the point of no return? (A tail wind is a wind blowing in the same direction as the airplane. The point of no return is the point on the flight where it will take the same amount of time to fly on to the destination as to fly back to the starting point.) Round answer to one decimal place.
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