Distances at sea level are measured in nautical miles. A nautical mile is about 1.85kms. The speed of the ship is expressed in knots w/c are nautical miles per hour. When a ship is travelling at 20 knots, how many kilometers per hour is it travelling?
2006-08-05 18:49:43 · 4 answers · asked by josefinegomez 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Knots times kilometers per nautical mile equals Km/hr. You needed to ask, how to multiply 1.85 by 20?
2006-08-05 19:06:05 · answer #1 · answered by rehabob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you are asking the relation between a knot and Km/h
In navigation, a knot is a unit of speed:
One knot is one nautical mile per hour = 1.852 km/h (exactly.)= 0.514 m/s =1.15 mph
The nautical mile is the average distance on the earth's surface subtended by one minute of latitude.
2006-08-05 20:37:24 · answer #2 · answered by Pearlsawme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20 knots = 37.04 kilometers
2006-08-05 18:52:37 · answer #3 · answered by Stuart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
37.04 km per hour
2006-08-05 18:53:41 · answer #4 · answered by e^x 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋