SOLUTION: a boat travels 36 miles in one hour what is its speed in miles per minute

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Question 517991: a boat travels 36 miles in one hour what is its speed in miles per minute

Found 2 solutions by rfer, solver91311:
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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36/60=0.6 miles per min

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 60 minutes in an hour, but what do I do; multiply or divide?

Think about it -- you go 60 times farther in one hour than you go in one minute at any given rate of speed, so the miles per hour number has to be 60 times larger than the miles per minute number. How do you make a number 60 times smaller?

John

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