Question

A boat traveled 27 miles in 2 hours. At this rate, how many miles will the boat travel in 1/2 hour?

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To find out how many miles the boat will travel in 1/2 hour, we first need to determine the rate of the boat in miles per hour.

The boat traveled 27 miles in 2 hours, so we can calculate the rate as follows:

\[
\text{Rate} = \frac{27 \text{ miles}}{2 \text{ hours}} = 13.5 \text{ miles per hour}
\]

Next, to find out how far the boat will travel in 1/2 hour, we can use the rate we just calculated:

\[
\text{Distance} = \text{Rate} \times \text{Time}
\]

Substituting the rate and the time:

\[
\text{Distance} = 13.5 \text{ miles per hour} \times \frac{1}{2} \text{ hour}
\]

Calculating the distance:

\[
\text{Distance} = 13.5 \times 0.5 = 6.75 \text{ miles}
\]

Thus, the boat will travel **6.75 miles** in 1/2 hour.