Question

The Cat is a high-speed catamaran auto ferry that operates between City A and City B. The Cat can make the trip in about 2 hours at a speed of 59 mph. About howfar apart are City A and City B?What is the distance between City A and City B?The distance between City A and City B is

Answer 1

The Cat can travel 59 miles in 1 hour. If the trip lasts 2 hours, then to find the distance between city A and B we can use the next proportion:

`\frac{59\text{ miles}}{x\text{ miles}}=\frac{1\text{ hour}}{2\text{ hours}}`

Solving for x:

`\begin{gathered} 59\cdot2=1\cdot x \\ 118\text{ miles = x} \end{gathered}`

The distance between City A and City B is 118 miles