SOLUTION: A ship travelling at 60 kph, left the port at 7:00 P.M. and arrived in its destination at 9:00 A.M. How far did it travel?

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Question 1192458: A ship travelling at 60 kph, left the port at 7:00 P.M. and arrived in its destination at 9:00 A.M. How far did it travel?
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A ship travelling at 60 kph, left the port at 7:00 P.M. and arrived in its destination at 9:00 A.M. highlight%28next_day%29.
How far did it travel?
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Assuming that there was NO time change between time zones of departure and destination, we may 

conclude that the travel time was 5 + 9 = 14 hours.


Then the travel distance is the product of the average rate by elapsed time 


    distance = 60 * 14 = 840 kilometers.    ANSWER

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