SOLUTION: find the product: 60 km/1 hr x 1000 m/1 km x 1 hr/60 min x 1 min/60 sec

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Question 968311: find the product:
60 km/1 hr x 1000 m/1 km x 1 hr/60 min x 1 min/60 sec

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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find the product:
[60 km/1 hr] x [1000 m/1 km] x [1 hr/60 min] x [1 min/60 sec]
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km cancels ; hr cancels ; min cancels
leaves you with km/sec
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(60*1000*1*1]/[1*1*60*60] (km/sec)
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(1000/60) km/sec
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= 16 2/3 (km/sec)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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