Question 1159874: A boat leaves the dock and travels at 5.5 knots per hour headed East.
How far does it go in 4 hours?
Found 3 solutions by MathLover1, Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source):
Answer by Alan3354(69443)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A boat leaves the dock and travels at 5.5 knots per hour headed East.
How far does it go in 4 hours?
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knots is a unit of speed, = 1 nm/hour
--> knots/hr is acceleration, tho not a commonly used unit
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At the end of 4 hours, the boat's speed is 4*5.5 = 22 knots.
The average speed is (0+22)/2 = 11 knots
4*11 = 44 nautical miles.
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Never seen "knots/hour" used before.
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Flying in Vietnam, we had airspeed in knots, maps in kilometers, altimeters in feet.
Vertical speed indicators (VSI) in feet/minute.
And people shooting at us.
Answer by ikleyn(52780)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
From a dictionary, learn the meaning of the term "knot" and use it P R O P E R L Y.
In this context, a knot is one nautical mile per hour.
It is the unit of speed - not the unit of distance.
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