SOLUTION: a car travels at 15 m/s for 3.0 hours. how far did the car travel?

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Question 595060: a car travels at 15 m/s for 3.0 hours. how far did the car travel?

Answer by llorton(14) About Me  (Show Source):
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Distance = rate x time
Time is given in hours. Rate is given as meters per second. To get the correct answer the hours have to be converted to seconds using the following conversions:
1 hour = 60 minutes 1 minute = 60 seconds
Distance = 15 meters/sec. * 3 hours * 60 min./hour * 60 sec./min.
Distance = 162,000 meters = 162 kilometers