SOLUTION: if i snowboard down a mountain the distance is a half mile which i traveled in 8 seconds, how fast was i traveling? thanks.

Question 888743: if i snowboard down a mountain the distance is a half mile which i traveled in 8 seconds, how fast was i traveling? thanks.
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/2 mile in 8 seconds is equal to 1/16 of a mile in one second.

multiply this by 60 and you get 60/16 of a mile in 1 minute.

multiply this by 60 and you get 3600 / 16 of a mile in 1 hour.

60/16 = 3.75 miles per minute.

3600/16 = 225 miles per hour.

it's not likely that you were moving that fast on a snowboard.

even the fastest downhill skiers are running at somewhere between 70 and 100 miles per hour.

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