SOLUTION: If you have to go 500 miles to get to your friends house and you are going 3442 cm/sec, will you get there in 7 hours?

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Question 996359: If you have to go 500 miles to get to your friends house and you are going 3442 cm/sec, will you get there in 7 hours?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you have to go 500 miles to get to your friends house and you are going 3442 cm/sec, will you get there in 7 hours?
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3442cm/sec = (34.42 meters/sec)*(3600 sec/hr)(1 mile/1609.34 meters)
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= (34.42*3600*1)/(1*1*1609.34) miles/hr
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= 77 miles/hr
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Ans: 500/77 = 6.49 hrs
Ans: yes
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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