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For Trip 4 to Manitoba, Canada, using the turbo prop plane, if they arrived and took off on their return without refueling and used their reserve, how far could they go before having to refuel? Click on the letter corresponding to the correct answer.

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HINT:
1. Fuel reserve is 4,000 lbs.
2. Range = usable fuel weight x (distance in nm./1,000 lbs. of fuel).
3. Distance to Manitoba, Canada, is 1,117 nm.
4. Usable fuel weight is 21,000 lbs.

A) 558 nm.

B) 290 nm.

C) 354 nm.

D) 1,117 nm.
HELP

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Curator:
Tom.Benson@grc.nasa.gov
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