Question
A helicopter is transporting a patient from a hospital in town A to a hospital in town B. A map of the helicopter's flight is shown to the right. If the helicopter is traveling at 140 kilometers per hour, how long will it take to transport the patient?
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1 unit equals 30 kilometers
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enter your response here hours to transport the patient.
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1 unit equals 30 kilometers
14 units
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Part 1
It will take
enter your response here hours to transport the patient.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To determine how long it takes the helicopter to transport the patient, we first need to convert the distance traveled into kilometers based on the scale of the map.
According to the information given:
- 1 unit on the map equals 30 kilometers.
- The helicopter travels 14 units.
Now, we can calculate the total distance in kilometers:
\[
\text{Total Distance} = \text{units} \times \text{distance per unit} = 14 \, \text{units} \times 30 \, \text{km/unit} = 420 \, \text{km}
\]
Next, we need to find the time it takes to travel this distance at a speed of 140 kilometers per hour.
Using the formula for time:
\[
\text{Time} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Speed}} = \frac{420 \, \text{km}}{140 \, \text{km/h}} = 3 \, \text{hours}
\]
Therefore, it will take **3 hours** to transport the patient.
According to the information given:
- 1 unit on the map equals 30 kilometers.
- The helicopter travels 14 units.
Now, we can calculate the total distance in kilometers:
\[
\text{Total Distance} = \text{units} \times \text{distance per unit} = 14 \, \text{units} \times 30 \, \text{km/unit} = 420 \, \text{km}
\]
Next, we need to find the time it takes to travel this distance at a speed of 140 kilometers per hour.
Using the formula for time:
\[
\text{Time} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Speed}} = \frac{420 \, \text{km}}{140 \, \text{km/h}} = 3 \, \text{hours}
\]
Therefore, it will take **3 hours** to transport the patient.