Question 219606: If a car is traveling at 40 miles per hour on a country highway, what is its spped in feet per second? Found 2 solutions by nerdybill, Earlsdon:Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! It is a "units" conversion problem...
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40 miles per hour can be written as a fraction:
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40 miles
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1 hour
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Now, we multiply by equivalent units until we get our desired units.
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40 miles 1 hour 1 min 40 miles
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1 hour 60 mins 60 sec 3600 sec
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Now, we convert the miles:
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40 miles 5280 feet (40*5280) feet
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3600 sec 1 mile 3600 sec
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(40*5280) feet
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3600 sec
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 40 mph can be expressed: miles per hour. Change the 40 miles to feet. (1 mile = 5280 feet)1 hour to seconds (1 hour = 60*60 seconds) and. feet per second. Evaluate. feet per second.
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