SOLUTION: Here is the question: If the distance is 10 miles and it takes 1000 seconds to travel the distance, what is the rate of speed in miles per hour? I know what the answer is but my in

Question 834867: Here is the question: If the distance is 10 miles and it takes 1000 seconds to travel the distance, what is the rate of speed in miles per hour? I know what the answer is but my instructor wants us to show all the work and if I see how this one is done, hopefully I will remember how to do the rest, it has ben twenty years since I have taken this subject and I have no book or instruction.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have a starting rate in miles per second. This is:
miles per second. Showing a rational number with the units,

You need to use two conversion ratios.
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 hour = 60 minutes
You use them in the form of ratios.

Note how the conversion factors are arranged to leave units of miles per hour!
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