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Henry takes a boat ride for 15 minutes to reach his destination. If the boat was traveling at 6 meters/second, how far did the boat travel?

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Do 6 * 60 * 15
The answer is 5,400
The boat traveled 5,400 meters or 5.4 km (3.355 mi)
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Answer: The distance traveled by boat is 5400 meters.

Step-by-step explanation:

Speed is defined as the ratio of distance traveled to the time taken.

To calculate the distance traveled by boat, we use the equation:


\text{Spped of the boat}=\frac{\text{Distance traveled}}{\text{Time taken}}

We are given:

Speed of the boat = 6 m/s

Time taken = 15 mins = 900 s (Conversion factor: 1 min = 60 s)

Putting values in above equation, we get:


6m/s=\frac{\text{Distance traveled by boat}}{900s}\\\\\text{Distance traveled by boat}=(6m/s* 900s)=5400m

Hence, the distance traveled by boat is 5400 meters.

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