SOLUTION: A snail can travel about 0.03 miles per hour. Convert this speed into feet per hour. Note that there are 5280 feet in 1 mile. Give your answer to 4 significant digits.

Algebra.Com
Question 49362: A snail can travel about 0.03 miles per hour. Convert this speed into feet per hour. Note that there are 5280 feet in 1 mile. Give your answer to 4 significant digits.
Answer by Nate(3500)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3mi/100hr = (3mi/10hr) 3 miles = 5280*3 = 15,840ft
15,840ft/100hr
158.4ft/hr

RELATED QUESTIONS

Convert 60 miles per hour to feet per second. (There are 5280 feet in a mile)How do I... (answered by venugopalramana)
7. Use dimensional analysis to convert 60miles per hour to feet per second. Remember... (answered by joyofmath)
If an object is traveling 88 feet in a second, what is it's speed for miles per hour? I... (answered by josmiceli,Alan3354)
Bryanna can run 4 feet per second. what is Bryanna's speed in miles per hour?... (answered by macston)
on vacation, you see a snail at the beach and wonder the distance a snail can travel in a (answered by ikleyn,josgarithmetic)
I have to convert these to miles per hour. 1) A helicopter can travel 2.5 miles in one... (answered by stanbon,ewatrrr,Edwin McCravy)
A forest snail travels at 5 inches in one minute. Convert this to miles per hour (answered by stanbon)
Convert Nolan Ryan's record fastest pitching speed of 108.1 mph into feet per second. (... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com,stanbon)
a sloath travels 0.15 miles per hour. Convert this speed to feet per... (answered by Alan3354,stanbon)