Question

The distane from the spice island to lisbon is 11431 nautical miles and it took magellan and took his crew 100 days to reach Lisbon. what was magellan's rate of travel per day? Please show math work

Answer 1

114.31 nautical miles per day

Explanation:

Use formula

`S=v\cdot t,`

where S is the distance, t is time and v is rate.

If S=11431 nautical miles and t=100 days, then

`v=(11431)/(100)=114.31\ \text{nautical miles per day}.`