Most cruise in the 500 to 600 mile an hour range depending on where they are going.
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458 miles per hour 3,206 / 7 = 458
A Piper Cub can cover 500 miles in the same amount of time it takes a jet plane flying 250 miles per hour faster to cover 1500 miles. Piper Cub is flying 125 mph.
The prop job has a two-hour head-start, so is (200 x 2) = 400 miles in the lead when the jet starts out.The jet catches up by (500 - 200) = 300 miles per hour.The jet overtakes the prop in (400 / 300) = 4/3 hour after starting out.By that time, the jet has covered (500 x 4/3) = 2,000/3 miles.The prop has covered (400) + (200 x 4/3) = (400 + 800/3) = 2,000/3 miles.Fortunately for the math, they are in the same place ...2,000/3 = [666 and 2/3] miles from the starting point.
The speed is exactly 7,200 km per 9 hours. In other, more familiar units: -- 800 km per hour -- 497.1 miles per hour (rounded)