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

8 square kilometers
8 square kilometers

32 square kilometers
32 square kilometers

2 square kilometers

Answer 1

The oil spill covers 4 square kilometers in 14 of an hour, which means it covers 4/14=2/7 square kilometers in 1 hour.
Therefore, in 2 hours, it will cover 2*2/7= <<2*2/7=4/7>>4/7 square kilometers.
Thus, the answer is 4/7 square kilometers.