An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) carries 45 gallons of fuel. It burns fuel at a rate of 3 gph (gallons/hour) and flies at a speed of 160 mph (miles/hour). We want to fly it to a location X, fly around the area for 1 hour, and then fly it back to the launching point. What is the greatest number of miles away from the UAV’s launching point can location X be?

Question

How far away can location X be if we want the UAV to arrive back home with a fuel reserve of 0.5 hour?

Answer 1

after t hours, you have gone 160t miles
and you have burned 3t gallons of fuel

So, you are burning fuel at the rate of 160/3 miles/gal

You have 45 gallons of fuel, but you wast 3 gals flying about, so you have a range of

160/3 * 42 = 2240 miles

Thus, you can't go more than 1120 miles away and make it back.

Answer 2

How far away can location X be if we want the UAV to arrive back home with a fuel reserve of 0.5 hour?

whats the second part

Answer 3

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