Question

A cruise ship travels east across a river at 19.0 meters per minute. If the river is 4,250 meters wide, how long does it take for the ship to reach the other side?

Answer 1

Answer:

$223.68 minutes$

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that

Cruise ship travel east across the river=19 m/minute

Total width of river=4250 m

We have to find time  taken by ship to reach other side of the river.

Time taken by ship for travelling 19 m=1 minute

Time taken by ship  for travelling 1 m=$\frac{1}{19}$ minute

Time taken by ship for travelling 4250 m=$\frac{1}{19}\times 4250=223.68minutes$

Hence, the time taken by ship to reach the other side=$223.68$ minutes

Answer 2

It would take 224 minutes