A boat travels 36 miles in one hour.what is its speed in miles per minute?

Question

how many miles per minute?

Answer 1

(36 miles/1 hour) * (1 hour/60 minutes)

 

If you multiply these fractions, notice that the "hours" units cancel, and you're left with minutes in the denominator, as desired.

 

Now, as far as the numbers in these fractions, we're left with 36/60, which reduces to 6/10, or 0.6 miles/minute.