Article: A statute mile is what Americans commonly use to measure long distances over land. A statute mile is equal to 5,280 feet. A nautical mile is usually used to measure distances that are across open water or space. A nautical mile is equal to 6,076 feet. Knots are determined by how many nautical miles are being travelled per hour. 1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour. This converts the rate in knots to feet per hour, since there are 6,076 feet in a nautical mile. For example, if a boat is travelling at 17 knots, to find how many feet per hour, calculate 176,076=103,292{\displaystyle 17 imes 6,076=103,292}. Since there are 5,280 feet in a statute mile, to know how many miles per hour something is traveling, divide the number of feet per hour by 5,280. For example, if a boat is travelling 103,292 feet per hour, to find out how many miles per hour it is travelling, you would calculate 103,2925,280=19.56{\displaystyle {
rac {103,292}{5,280}}=19.56}So, a boat travelling at 17 knots is travelling about 19.56 miles per hour.
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Understand the relationship between a statute mile and a nautical mile. Multiply the knots by 6,076. Divide the feet per hour rate by 5,280.