SOLUTION: Logan travels on his bike 500 ft in 10.8 seconds. What is his miles per hour?

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Question 936714: Logan travels on his bike 500 ft in 10.8 seconds. What is his miles per hour?

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, TimothyLamb:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= 500 ft/10.8 sec * 1 mi/5280 ft * 3600 sec/hr
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Notice how the units cancel if you do it right.
Include the units, avoid errors.

Answer by TimothyLamb(4379)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
s = d/t
s = 500/10.8 ft/sec
s = 500/10.8 ft/sec * (1/5280 mile/feet) * (60*60 sec/hour)
s = 31.5656565657 mi/hr
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