SOLUTION: At a 1/4 mile drag strip, a car completes in 11.11 sec. at 128.35 mph. Check my calculations, please. 1/4 mile = .25 11.11 sec. = .003086 hrs. rate * time = distance

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Question 1169414: At a 1/4 mile drag strip, a car completes in 11.11 sec. at 128.35 mph.
Check my calculations, please.
1/4 mile = .25
11.11 sec. = .003086 hrs.
rate * time = distance
distance / time = rate
.25 / .003086 = 81.0110 = 81 mph.
Where am I correct?

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