If your groundspeed is 480 knots, how many miles per minute are you traveling?

To determine how many miles per minute you are traveling when your groundspeed is 480 knots, it is essential to understand the relationship between knots and miles. One knot is equal to one nautical mile per hour. To convert knots into miles per minute, you can follow these steps:

1. Conversion of Knots to Miles: Since one nautical mile is approximately equal to 1.15078 statute miles, you can first convert knots to miles per hour. Thus, you multiply the speed in knots by the conversion factor:

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480 \text{ knots} \times 1.15078 \text{ miles/nautical mile} = 552.3744 \text{ miles per hour}

]

2. Conversion of Miles per Hour to Miles per Minute: There are 60 minutes in an hour, so to find the rate per minute, you divide the miles per hour by 60:

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\frac{552.3744 \text{ miles/hour}}{60 \text{ minutes/hour}} \approx 9.205 \text{ miles/minute}

]

3. Rounding to the Nearest Whole Number: When rounding 9.205 miles