{"id":189637,"date":"2025-02-10T06:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T06:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=189637"},"modified":"2025-02-10T06:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T06:37:35","slug":"a-common-unit-for-speed-used-in-sailing-is-the-knot-nautical-miles-per-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/10\/a-common-unit-for-speed-used-in-sailing-is-the-knot-nautical-miles-per-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"A common unit for speed used in sailing is the knot (nautical miles per hour)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A common unit for speed used in sailing is the knot (nautical miles per hour).\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 A nautical mile is about 1.15 regular miles.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 Calculate how much further (in feet) a boat moving at 22 knots will travel in 5 minutes compared to a car moving at 22 mph during the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A boat moving at 22 knots will travel approximately 1,452 feet further than a car moving at 22 miles per hour over a 5-minute period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Speed Conversion:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A knot is a unit of speed used in nautical contexts, where 1 knot equals 1 nautical mile per hour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A nautical mile is approximately 1.15 regular miles. Therefore, to convert 22 knots to miles per hour, we multiply by 1.15:<br>[<br>22 \\, \\text{knots} \\times 1.15 = 25.3 \\, \\text{miles per hour}<br>]<br>This means the boat is moving at 25.3 miles per hour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Distance Traveled:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The formula for distance is:<br>[<br>\\text{Distance} = \\text{Speed} \\times \\text{Time}<br>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Boat&#8217;s Distance:<\/strong><br>The boat is traveling at 25.3 mph. Over 5 minutes (which is (\\frac{5}{60}) hours), the boat will travel:<br>[<br>25.3 \\, \\text{miles per hour} \\times \\frac{5}{60} \\, \\text{hours} = 2.1083 \\, \\text{miles}<br>]<br>Converting this to feet (1 mile = 5280 feet):<br>[<br>2.1083 \\, \\text{miles} \\times 5280 \\, \\text{feet} = 11,138 \\, \\text{feet}<br>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Car&#8217;s Distance:<\/strong><br>The car is traveling at 22 mph. Over 5 minutes:<br>[<br>22 \\, \\text{miles per hour} \\times \\frac{5}{60} \\, \\text{hours} = 1.8333 \\, \\text{miles}<br>]<br>Converting to feet:<br>[<br>1.8333 \\, \\text{miles} \\times 5280 \\, \\text{feet} = 9670 \\, \\text{feet}<br>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Difference in Distance:<\/strong><br>The difference in distance traveled between the boat and the car is:<br>[<br>11,138 \\, \\text{feet} &#8211; 9,670 \\, \\text{feet} = 1,452 \\, \\text{feet}<br>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the boat travels 1,452 feet further than the car over the same 5-minute period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A common unit for speed used in sailing is the knot (nautical miles per hour).\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 A nautical mile is about 1.15 regular miles.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 Calculate how much further (in feet) a boat moving at 22 knots will travel in 5 minutes compared to a car moving at 22 mph during the same time. 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