SOLUTION: Carl Lewis, one of the great Olympian sprinters of this century can run 100 meters in 10 seconds. How fast is this in kilometers per hour?

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Question 106252: Carl Lewis, one of the great Olympian sprinters of this century can run 100 meters in 10 seconds. How fast is this in kilometers per hour?
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Carl Lewis, one of the great Olympian sprinters of this century can run 100 meters in 10 seconds. How fast is this in kilometers per hour?
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Here's one way:
Find his speed in meters per second:
100/10 = 10 m/s
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How many meters would he travel in one hour at that speed (3600 sec in 1 hr)
10 * 3600 = 36000 meters in one hr
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Change that to km/hr
36000%2F1000 = 36 km/hr