The Panama Canal is 51 miles. If it takes nine hours for a ship to travel from one end to the other, what is the ship's average rate of speed?

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Hudson Proctor

21 January, 11:46

The Panama Canal is 51 miles. If it takes nine hours for a ship to travel from one end to the other, what is the ship's average rate of speed?

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Yasmin Dennis · Answer 1

1) 51 divided by 9 = 5.6 miles per hour

2) I'm not sure about this one, but I think it's because at the ends, you are still in the Atlantic or Pacific ocean until you get farther into the Panama Canal.