SOLUTION: please help me on this word question. A car is traveling at a speed of 55 miles per hour, what is the cars speed in feet per secound?

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Question 509334: please help me on this word question. A car is traveling at a speed of 55 miles per hour, what is the cars speed in feet per secound?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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A car is traveling at a speed of 55 miles per hour,
what is the cars speed in feet per second?
:
Convert miles to feet then divide that by the no. of seconds in an hour
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%28%2855%2A5280%29%29%2F3600 = 802%2F3 ft per second