SOLUTION: it takes an average of 19 hrs to drive from houston to the south bend indiana. If the distance between two cities is 1200 miles what is the average speed in ft/sec

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Question 780181: it takes an average of 19 hrs to drive from houston to the south bend indiana. If the distance between two cities is 1200 miles what is the average speed in ft/sec
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it takes an average of 19 hrs to drive from houston to the south bend indiana.
If the distance between two cities is 1200 miles what is the average speed in ft/sec
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Find the speed in mph. Speed = dist/time
s = 1200%2F19
s = 63.158 mph
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Change to ft/sec. (3600 sec in 1 hr)
%2863.158%2A5280%29%2F3600 = 92.63 ft/sec