SOLUTION: An alien rocketship is traveling at a speed of 0.029 miles per second. At this speed, how many feet will it travel in 1 hour? Round to the nearest thousandth.

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Question 560030: An alien rocketship is traveling at a speed of 0.029 miles per second. At this speed, how many feet will it travel in 1 hour? Round to the nearest thousandth.
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An alien rocketship is traveling at a speed of 0.029 miles per second.
At this speed, how many feet will it travel in 1 hour?
Round to the nearest thousandth.
:
There are 3600 sec in 1 hr, 5280 ft in 1 mile, therefore:
:
3600 * .029 * 5280 = 551,232 ft in 1 hr