SOLUTION: A car is driving at 70 miles per hour. What is its speed in miles per second?

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Question 457745: A car is driving at 70 miles per hour. What is its speed in miles per second?
Found 2 solutions by ankor@dixie-net.com, josmiceli:
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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A car is driving at 70 miles per hour. What is its speed in miles per second?
:
70%2F3600 = .01944 mi/sec

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The units conversion is:
( miles/hr ) x ( hrs/minute ) x ( minutes/second )
+70%2A%281%2F60%29%2A%281%2F60%29+=+.194+ miles/sec