SOLUTION: a car travels 158 miles in 3 hours find the avg speed if the car in feet per second

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Question 944336: a car travels 158 miles in 3 hours find the avg speed if the car in feet per second
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a car travels 158 miles in 3 hours.
find the avg speed of the car in feet per second
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Find the speed in mph, speed = dist/time
158%2F3 = 52.67 mph
Convert to ft/sec, 5280 ft in a mile; 3600 sec in an hr
%2852.67%2A5280%29%2F3600 = 77.24 ft/sec