Hey there!
We have...
[tex]\frac{miles}{hours} =\frac{160}{5} =\frac{32}{1}[/tex]
We can see that the boat will travel 32 miles in an hour.
We want to see how many miles they travel in a minute.
We know there are 60 minutes in an hour, so we will divide our mileage by 60.
32/60≈0.53
Just to check, let's plug this into a proportion and cross multiply to see if it makes a true equation.
[tex]\frac{miles}{minutes} =\frac{160}{300} = \frac{0.53}{m}[/tex]
We cross multiply, and when we solve, m must be equal to about 1, for 1 minute.
160m=159
We divide both sides by 160.
m≈0.99
Therefore, the boat will travel about 0.53 miles in 1 minute.
I hope this helps!
