SOLUTION: A car traveled 990 feet down a road in 15 seconds. How many miles per hour was the car traveling?

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Question 1090225: A car traveled 990 feet down a road in 15 seconds. How many miles per hour was the car traveling?
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A car traveled 990 feet down a road in 15 seconds.
How many miles per hour was the car traveling?
:
Find how many ft in 1 sec, mult by 3600 sec, in 1 hr; divide by 5280 to get miles
%283600%2A990%29%2F%2815%2A5280%29 = 45 mph