SOLUTION: A police officer notes that a car traveled 200 feet in 2.2 seconds. What was the speed of the car in miles to hour? Round to the nearest tenth

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Question 838583: A police officer notes that a car traveled 200 feet in 2.2 seconds. What was the speed of the car in miles to hour? Round to the nearest tenth
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A police officer notes that a car traveled 200 feet in 2.2 seconds.
What was the speed of the car in miles to hour?
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Find the ft per sec
200%2F2.2 = 90.91 ft/sec
Convert to mph (3600 sec in 1 hr, 5280 ft in 1 mi))
%28%283600%2A90.91%29%29%2F5280 = 62.0 mph