SOLUTION: Please i need help on this question: Under certain conditions, sound travels at about 1100 ft. per second. If 88 ft. per second is approximately equivalent to 60 miles pe

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Question 87635: Please i need help on this question:

Under certain conditions, sound travels at about 1100 ft. per second. If 88 ft. per second is approximately equivalent to 60 miles per hour, the speed of sound, under the above conditions, is, of the following, closest to:
A. 730 miles per hour B. 740 miles per hour C. 750 miles per hour
D. 760 miles per hour

Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
%281100++fps%29%2F%28x+mph%29=+%2888++fps%29%2F%2860++mph%29+.
+88x=+60%2A1100
x=66000%2F88=750+ mph. The answer is C.

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