An oil spill covers 4 square kilometers in 14 of an hour. At this rate, how many square kilometers will it cover in 2 hours?(1 point)
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16 square kilometers
16 square kilometers
8 square kilometers
8 square kilometers
32 square kilometers
32 square kilometers
2 square kilometers
The oil spill covers 4 square kilometers in 14 of an hour, which means it covers 4/14=2/7 square kilometers in 1 hour.
Therefore, in 2 hours, it will cover 2*2/7= <<2*2/7=4/7>>4/7 square kilometers.
Thus, the answer is 4/7 square kilometers.
To find out how many square kilometers the oil spill will cover in 2 hours, we need to determine the rate at which it covers the area.
Given that the oil spill covers 4 square kilometers in 1/4 of an hour (14 of an hour), we can find the rate by dividing 4 square kilometers by 1/4 of an hour.
4 square kilometers / (1/4) hour = 4 square kilometers * 4 hour/1 = 16 square kilometers
Therefore, the oil spill will cover 16 square kilometers in 2 hours.
To get the answer, we need to find the rate at which the oil spill covers the area in square kilometers per hour.
First, we can determine the rate by dividing the area (4 square kilometers) by the time (14 of an hour):
Rate = 4 square kilometers / (14/60) hours
Next, we can simplify and calculate the rate:
Rate = 4 square kilometers / (14/60) hours
Rate = 4 square kilometers / (1/10) hours
Rate = 4 square kilometers * (10/1) hours
Rate = 40 square kilometers per hour
Now that we have the rate, we can calculate how many square kilometers the oil spill will cover in 2 hours by multiplying the rate by the time:
Coverage = 40 square kilometers per hour * 2 hours
Coverage = 80 square kilometers
Therefore, the oil spill will cover 80 square kilometers in 2 hours.