A ship leaves the East Coast for California. It is traveling at a constant speed of five knots and takes 200 days to reach California. The ship arrives in California at the exact time of day that it left the East Coast. How far did the ship travel?
Please help with step by step.
So 4,800 * 5.8=27,600
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27,600 miles
5 knots = 5.8 mph
200 * 24 = 4800 hours
4800 * 5.8 = ______ miles
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A ship leaves the East Coast for California. It is traveling at a constant speed of five knots and takes 200 days to reach California. The ship arrives in California at the exact time of day that it left the East Coast. How far did the ship travel?
Please help with step by step.
•8th Grade Math - Ms. Sue, Friday, December 7, 2012 at 9:41pm
5 knots = 5.8 mph
200 * 24 = 4800 hours
4800 * 5.8 = ______ miles
I though so too but the choices are:
41,400 miles
20,870 miles
27,600 miles
23,000 miles
We are both missing something here.
Never Mind. Thank You
I was doing division instead of multiplying
2400
41,400
i did the same question on achieve 3000 the answer is 27,600
To find the distance the ship traveled, we need to first understand what a knot is. A knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour. So if the ship is traveling at a speed of five knots, it means it is covering a distance of five nautical miles every hour.
Next, we need to calculate the total time it took for the ship to reach California. Since the ship arrived at the exact time of day that it left the East Coast, we can assume that it traveled continuously without stopping. Therefore, the total time taken is 200 days.
Now, we need to convert the speed from knots to nautical miles per day since we have the time in days. To do this, we multiply the speed (5 knots) by the number of hours in a day (24 hours). This gives us 120 nautical miles per day.
Finally, we can calculate the total distance traveled using the formula: distance = speed × time. Substituting the values, we have distance = 120 nautical miles per day × 200 days = 24,000 nautical miles.
Therefore, the ship traveled a distance of 24,000 nautical miles.