Question

Jules Verne wrote the book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. If one league - 5.556 km and one furlong - 660.0 feet, how many furlongs did the Nautilus travel? (assume the twenty thousand leagues is good for 3 sig. fig.) ball park-550,000 furlong T

Answer 1

The Nautilus travel
`5.52* 10^5 furlongs`.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: 1 league = 5.556 km

1 furlong = 660.0 feet

To find: 20,000 leagues = ? furlongs

Solution:

20,000 leagues =
`20,000* 5.556 km =111,120 km`

1 km = 3280.84 feet

`111,120 km= 111,120* 3280.84 feet=364,566,940.8 feet`

If ,1 furlong = 660.0 feet.

Then, 1 foot =
`(1)/(660.0) furlong`

`364,566,940.8 feet=364,566,940.8 * (1)/(660.0)`

`=552,374.1524 furlongs\approx 5.52* 10^5 furlongs`