To find out how many square kilometers the oil spill will cover in 2 hours, we need to find the rate at which it is spreading.
From the information given, we know that the oil spill covers 4 square kilometers in 14 of an hour.
To find the rate of spread, we divide the area covered (4 square kilometers) by the time taken (14 of an hour):
4 square kilometers / 1/4 hour = <<4/(1/4)=16>>16 square kilometers/hour
Therefore, the oil spill covers 16 square kilometers in 1 hour.
To find the area covered in 2 hours, we multiply the rate of spread (16 square kilometers/hour) by the time (2 hours):
16 square kilometers/hour x 2 hours = <<16*2=32>>32 square kilometers.
Therefore, the oil spill will cover 32 square kilometers in 2 hours.
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?
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