SOLUTION: The moon takes 27.3 days to travel 1,500,000 miles. Express this rate in miles per hour and in miles per minute.

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Question 906430: The moon takes 27.3 days to travel 1,500,000 miles. Express this rate in miles per hour and in miles per minute.

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The moon takes 27.3 days to travel 1,500,000 miles. Express this rate in miles per hour and in miles per minute.
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Convert days to hours.
Then, to get miles per hour, divide the miles by the hours.
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Do the same for miles/minute.

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