Question

A sailboat is traveling at a speed of 10 nautical miles per hour if one nautical mile is 6076 feet what is the speed of the sailboat in feet per second

Answer 1

16.88 feet per second

Explanation:

We are given;

• The speed of sailboat as 10 nautical miles per hour

We are required to convert the speed into ft per second.

• But we are given, 1 nm = 6076 ft
• We also know that, 1 hour = 3600 seconds

Therefore;

10 nm = (10 nm × 6076 ft/nm)

= 60760 ft

1 hour = 3600 secs

Therefore;

Speed in ft per sec = 60760 ft ÷ 3600 secs

= 16.88 ft per second

Thus, the speed of the sailboat is 16.88 feet per second