Question

Henry takes a boat ride for 15 minutes to reach his destination. If the boat was traveling at 6 meters/second, how far did the boat travel?

Answer 1

Do 6 * 60 * 15
The answer is 5,400
The boat traveled 5,400 meters or 5.4 km (3.355 mi)

Answer 2

Answer: The distance traveled by boat is 5400 meters.

Explanation:

Speed is defined as the ratio of distance traveled to the time taken.

To calculate the distance traveled by boat, we use the equation:

$\text{Spped of the boat}=\frac{\text{Distance traveled}}{\text{Time taken}}$

We are given:

Speed of the boat = 6 m/s

Time taken = 15 mins = 900 s     (Conversion factor:   1 min = 60 s)

Putting values in above equation, we get:

$6m/s=\frac{\text{Distance traveled by boat}}{900s}\\\\\text{Distance traveled by boat}=(6m/s\times 900s)=5400m$

Hence, the distance traveled by boat is 5400 meters.