Problema Solution
The world speed record of 8.035 knots was set at the 9th International Submarine Races in June 2007. One knot is equal to about 0.5144 meters per second (m/s). Which is a possible method for estimating the speed in meters per second?
Answer provided by our tutors
Round 8.035 to 8 and 0.5144 to 0.5, and then multiply 8 × 0.5.