Question

a ship travels from boston to new york city and docks for unloading. the graph shows the motion of the ship. find the error in the statements below. when the ship has traveled 240 kilometers from boston, it docks for unloading. in 8 hours, the ship travels 320 kilometers from boston. to travel 200 kilometers from boston, the ship takes 5 hours.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze first statement

From the graph, the ship docks for unloading at 320 km, not 240 km.

Step2: Analyze second statement

The graph shows in 8 hours the ship travels 320 km, which is correct.

Step3: Analyze third statement

From the graph, to travel 200 km, the time is less than 5 hours.

Answer:

The first statement "When the ship has traveled 240 kilometers from Boston, it docks for unloading." is wrong as it docks at 320 km. The third statement "To travel 200 kilometers from Boston, the ship takes 5 hours." is wrong as the time taken is less than 5 hours.