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7. Conversion
Problem:
How do you convert 30 miles into nautical miles and kilometers?
Answer:
Align the 30 on the outside scale with the STAT (
Y
) mark on the inside
scale. At this time, 26 nautical miles is aligned at the NAUT (
Y
) mark on
the inside scale, while the answer of 48.2 kilometers is aligned at the
kilometers on the inside scale.
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6. Maximum flying hours
Problem:
With a fuel consumption rate of 220 gallons per hour and a fuel supply of
550 gallons, what is the maximum number of flying hours?
Solution:
Align the 22 of the outside scale with the inside scale’s SPEED INDEX (
Y
)
of the inside scale. The 55 of the outside scale is now aligned with 2:30, and
the answer is 2 hours and 30 minutes.
