SOLUTION: If a car is traveling at 150 mph, how long (seconds)would it take to travel 300 feet....or the distance of a football field? Thanks.

Question 914244: If a car is traveling at 150 mph, how long (seconds)would it take to travel 300 feet....or the distance of a football field? Thanks.

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josmiceli:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If a car is traveling at 150 mph, how long (seconds)would it take to travel 300 feet....or the distance of a football field?
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Convert 150 mi/hr to ft/sec
1 mile = 5280 feet
1 hour = 3600 seconds
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You can use the practice. I don't need it.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In words:
( miles / hour ) x ( hours / min ) x ( min / sec ) = miles /sec
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Now convert ( miles / sec ) to ( feet / sec )
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( miles / sec ) x ( feet / mile ) = feet / sec
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Finally,
( feet ) / ( feet/sec ) = seconds
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Filling in the numbers:

and

and

It would take about 1.364 sec

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