If you are traveling at 8 knots for 45 minutes, how far will you have traveled in nautical miles?

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Vesco Santiago
Jan 15, 2018

6 nautical miles

Explanation:

General equation: #"Rate" = "Distance"/"Time"# or (#R = D/T#)
R = 8 knots = 8 nautical miles/hour
D = x nautical miles
T = 45 minutes = 0.75 hours

So:
#8 "knots" = x /(0.75 "hours") #

# 8 "knots"*0.75 "hours" = x #

#x = 6 "nautical miles" #

PS:
A car going x mph will travel x miles in 1 hour
Similarly, a ship going x knots will travel x nautical miles in 1 hour

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