You can put this solution on YOUR website! The car drove 8 miles in 12 minutes. What is the car's speed in meters per second ?
First we convert miles to meters.
1 mile = 1609.3 meters.
8 miles = 1609.3 * 8 = 12875 meters.
Speed = Distance/Time
12875/12 = 1072.9 meters per minute.
We now convert meters per minute to meters per second.
1 meter per minute = 0.016666 meters per second
Therefore:
1072.9 * 0.016666 = 17.88 meters per second.
