🔍 Key Concepts

• Speed made good (SMG) when running with a current (engine speed vs. current speed) • Relationship between distance, speed, and time: ( \text{Time} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Speed}} ) • Converting decimal hours into days, hours, and minutes to compare with choices

💭 Think About

• First, decide whether the current is helping you or against you on this leg from Memphis to New Orleans, and how that changes your speed over the ground. • Use the river distance (in statute miles) between the Memphis Gage and the destination in New Orleans from the exam chart, then divide by your effective speed over the ground to find total hours. • Convert your total hours into days, hours, and minutes carefully, then see which option is closest.

✅ Before You Answer

• Be sure you combine engine speed and current speed in the correct direction (add when going with the current, subtract when going against it). • Check that you are using statute miles and mph consistently (do not switch to nautical miles by mistake). • After getting time in hours, carefully convert the fractional part of an hour into minutes before matching to the answer choices.