Question

A boat travels at a constant speed. After 20 minutes, the boat has traveled 2.5 miles. The boat travels a total of 10 miles to a bridge.

a. How long does it take the boat to reach the bridge? Explain how you found it.

Answer 1

In order to find the speed at which the boat is traveling, we divide the distance it has traveled by the time elapsed:

2.5/20=0.125 miles/minute

Next, we want to find how long it took for the boat to travel 10 miles. Since it travels 0.125 miles every minute, we just divide:

10/0.125=80

Thus, it took 80 minutes for the boat to reach the bridge