SOLUTION: Jule Verne wrote the book 20,000 leagues under the sea. Traveling that distnace how many times could a ship cross the Atlantic ocean from new york city to Lisbon portugal?

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Question 538739: Jule Verne wrote the book 20,000 leagues under the sea. Traveling that distnace how many times could a ship cross the Atlantic ocean from new york city to Lisbon portugal?
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Jule Verne wrote the book 20,000 leagues under the sea. Traveling that distnace how many times could a ship cross the Atlantic ocean from new york city to Lisbon portugal?
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A league is 3 mi, the dist from NY to Lisbon about 3380 mi
%283%2A20000%29%2F3380 = 17.75 times