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Sound travels through sea

water at a speed of about 1,500 meters
per second. At this rate, how far will
sound travel in 2 minutes?

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For this you need to multiply 1,500 by 60 (because there are 60 seconds in a minute) and then multiply that by 2 (because there are 2 minutes), wich makes the answer 180,000 meters.
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