An oil spill covers 4 square kilometers in 14 of an hour. At this rate, how many square kilometers will it cover in 2 hours?(1 point)

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2 square kilometers
2 square kilometers

32 square kilometers
32 square kilometers

16 square kilometers
16 square kilometers

8 square kilometers

Answer 1

The oil spill covers 4 square kilometers in 1/4 of an hour, so in 1 hour it will cover 4 * 4 = <<4*4=16>>16 square kilometers.
Therefore, in 2 hours it will cover 16 * 2 = <<16*2=32>>32 square kilometers.
The correct answer is 32 square kilometers.