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A cruise ship travels across a river at 25 meters per minute. If the river is 6200 meters wide, how long

does it take the ship to reach the other side.

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Answer:

248 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

6200/25=248

This means there is 248 25s in 6200

which means it will take 248 minutes to travel through the river

Also here's a neat trick:

The units for speed is meters/minute

The units for distance is meters

Dividing distance by speed will cancel out the meters and leave only the speed.

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