SOLUTION: traveling in a car at 35 miles per hour how many seconds does it take to go 500 feet?

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Question 863256: traveling in a car at 35 miles per hour how many seconds does it take to go 500 feet?
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traveling in a car at 35 miles per hour how many seconds does it take to go 500 feet?
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Find the speed in ft/sec, divide that into 500 ft (1 hr = 3600 sec)
%2835%2A5280%29%2F3600 = 511%2F3 ft/sec
500%2F51.333 = 9.74 sec