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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32 square kilometers
32 square kilometers

8 square kilometers
8 square kilometers

2 square kilometers
2 square kilometers

16 square kilometers

Answer 1

To find the number of square kilometers the oil spill will cover in 2 hours, we can use proportions.

Since it covers 4 square kilometers in 1/4 of an hour (14 of an hour), we can set up the proportion:
4 square kilometers / (1/4 of an hour) = x square kilometers / 2 hours

To solve for x, we can cross multiply:
4 square kilometers * 2 hours = x square kilometers * (1/4 of an hour)

8 square kilometers * (1/4 of an hour) = x square kilometers * 2 hours

2 square kilometers = x square kilometers

Therefore, the oil spill will cover 2 square kilometers in 2 hours.