Question

A boat is traveling at a constant speed. In 10 hours, the boat travels 160 miles. How many hours will it take the boat to travel 24 miles?

Answer 1

Time taken by boat to travel 160 miles = 10 Hours

Time taken by boat to travel 1 mile = 10/160 = 1/16 hour

Time taken by boat to travel 24 miles =
$\frac{1}{16} \times 24 = \frac{24}{16}$
= 1.5 hour

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Answer 2

The boat is travelling at a constant speed . so first we will find speed of boat . distance - 160miles and time -10hours.

SPEED- DISTANCE/TIME
SPEED- 160miles/10hours =16 miles/hour

To find the time taken to travel 24 miles
Distance-24miles , Speed - 16 miles/hour
We have taken speed -16miles/hour because the boat is travelling at a constant speed

TIME -DISTANCE/SPEED
TIME-24miles/ ( 16miles/hour)=3/2 hour
In minutes =3/2×60= 90minutes ( 1hour30minutes)= 1.5 hours
So the boat takes 1.5 hours to travel 24 miles