SOLUTION: An alien rocket ship is traveling 400,000 feet per minute. At this speed, how many miles will it travel in 1 second? Round to the nearest thousandth

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Question 642776: An alien rocket ship is traveling 400,000 feet per minute. At this speed, how many miles will it travel in 1 second? Round to the nearest thousandth
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An alien rocket ship is traveling 400,000 feet per minute.
At this speed, how many miles will it travel in 1 second?
Round to the nearest thousandth
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Change to ft/sec, (divide by 60)
change from ft to miles, (divide by 5280)
400000%2F%2860%2A5280%29 = 1.263 mi/sec