SOLUTION: What is the speed of a race horse that runs 1500 miles in 125 seconds?

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Question 438266: What is the speed of a race horse that runs 1500 miles in 125 seconds?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Alan3354:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the speed of a race horse that runs 1500 miles in 125 seconds?
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[(1500 miles)/(125 seconds)]
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= (1500*3600]/[125*1](miles/hour]
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= 43200 mph
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Note: That is Some fast horse.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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12 miles per second, which is almost twice the Earth's escape velocity.
He probably left the planet, which explains why didn't hear about it.