Question

A whale swims 200 miles in 5 days. If the whale swims the same number of miles each day, how many miles will it swim in 16 days?(1 point)
Responses

40 miles
40 miles

1000 miles
1000 miles

640 miles
640 miles

62.5 miles

Answer 1

To find out how many miles the whale swims each day, we can divide the total distance by the number of days:

\[
\text{Miles per day} = \frac{200 \text{ miles}}{5 \text{ days}} = 40 \text{ miles per day}
\]

Now, to find out how many miles the whale will swim in 16 days, we multiply the daily distance by the number of days:

\[
\text{Total distance in 16 days} = 40 \text{ miles/day} \times 16 \text{ days} = 640 \text{ miles}
\]

So, the whale will swim **640 miles** in 16 days.