Ameena's boat travels 35 miles per hour. The best fishing spot in the lake is 27 miles away from her starting point. If she drives her boat for 2/3 of an hour, will she make it to the best fishing spot on the lake?
Mathematics · Middle School · Sun Jan 24 2021
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Given:
Ameena's boat travels 35 miles per hour. The best fishing spot in the lake is 27 miles away from her starting point.
Determine if she makes it to the fishing spot if she drive her boat for ⅔ an hour.
Solution:
In order to determine if Ameena can make it, we simply multiply 35 miles per hour by ⅔ so that we'll know what distance she have travelled.
= ( 35 mi/hr) (⅔ hr)
The unit hr cancels.
= 70/3 mi
= 23.33.. miles
Final answer:
Since the best fishing spot is 27 miles away, Ammena did not make it to the best fishing spot.