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Please give a good explanation! Ty A cruise ship is traveling at a speed of 20 knots. A knot is approximately equal to 1.151 miles per hour. What is the approximate speed the ship is traveling in yards
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Please give a good explanation! Ty

A cruise ship is traveling at a speed of 20 knots. A knot is approximately equal to 1.151 miles per hour. What is the approximate speed the ship is traveling in yards per second? Round to the nearest tenth.

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Answer should be 11.6 yd/sec
Here’s a picture attached with my math
Hope this helps!
(I used chemistry dimensional analysis to solve)
Please give a good explanation! Ty A cruise ship is traveling at a speed of 20 knots-example-1
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