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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16 square kilometers
16 square kilometers

2 square kilometers
2 square kilometers

8 square kilometers
8 square kilometers

32 square kilometers

Answer 1

To find out how many square kilometers the oil spill will cover in 2 hours, we can first determine its rate of coverage per hour.
Since the spill covers 4 square kilometers in 1/4 of an hour, we can multiply that rate by 4 to find the coverage per hour.

4 square kilometers/ (1/4) hour = 16 square kilometers per hour

Therefore, in 2 hours, the oil spill will cover:
16 square kilometers per hour * 2 hours = 32 square kilometers.

So the correct option is 32 square kilometers.