Question

A ship captain is mapping a trip and wants to know the distance the ship will travel over certain time intervals.

Assuming that the ship travels at a constant speed, what is its speed? Show your thinking. PLZ HELP

Answer 1

Answer: speed (s) = distance (d) divided by time (t)

Step-by-step explanation: You can see that every 30 minutes or 0.5 hours, the ship's distance increases by 12.5 miles. The problem even say the ship's speed is constant...so it doesn't matter which numbers you use for your calculation just used the time with the corresponding distance.