A search party covers 2 over 3 square miles in 5 over 6 of an hour. At this rate, how many square miles will they cover each hour?

Question

1 third square miles per hour

5 over 9square miles per hour

2 over 3square miles per hour

4 over 5sqaure miles per hour

Answer 1

To find out how many square miles the search party covers each hour, we need to divide the total square miles covered by the total hours taken.

Total square miles covered = 2/3 square miles
Total hours taken = 5/6 hours

Square miles covered per hour = (2/3) / (5/6)
Square miles covered per hour = (2/3) * (6/5)
Square miles covered per hour = 12/15
Square miles covered per hour = 4/5

Therefore, the search party covers 4/5 square miles per hour.