SOLUTION: A police officer notes that a car traveled 200 feet in 2.2 seconds. What was the speed of the car in miles to hour? Round to the nearest tenth

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Question 838583: A police officer notes that a car traveled 200 feet in 2.2 seconds. What was the speed of the car in miles to hour? Round to the nearest tenth

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A police officer notes that a car traveled 200 feet in 2.2 seconds.
What was the speed of the car in miles to hour?
:
Find the ft per sec
= 90.91 ft/sec
Convert to mph (3600 sec in 1 hr, 5280 ft in 1 mi))
= 62.0 mph

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