A sailboat is traveling at a speed of 10 nautical miles per hour if one nautical mile is 6076 feet what is the speed of the sailboat in feet per second

16.88 feet per second

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given;

The speed of sailboat as 10 nautical miles per hour

We are required to convert the speed into ft per second.

But we are given, 1 nm = 6076 ft We also know that, 1 hour = 3600 seconds

Therefore;

10 nm = (10 nm * 6076 ft/nm)

= 60760 ft

1 hour = 3600 secs

Therefore;

Speed in ft per sec = 60760 ft : 3600 secs

= 16.88 ft per second

Thus, the speed of the sailboat is 16.88 feet per second