Question

Two sailboats had a race. sailboat A travel 40 feet every 5 seconds, and Sailboat B traveled 56 feet every 8 seconds. Which sailboat won the race, and how fast was it going?

Answer 1

Sailboat A won the race, and it was going 8 feet per second.

Explanation:

Sailboat A won the race because Sailboat A traveled 40 feet every 5 seconds and 40 ÷ 5 is 8 ft per second

Sailboat B lost the race because Sailboat B traveled 56 feet every 8 seconds

56 ÷ 8 is 7 ft per seconds

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Answer 2

Sailboat a won because the unit time was 8 feet per second and the unit time of sail boat b was 7 feet per second