Question 892735
500 feet / 75 seconds
First let's find out how many feet we would travel in 60 seconds
{{{500/75 = x/60}}}
75x =30000
divide each side by 75
x = 400
So we travel at 400ft/60 seconds or 400ft/minute
If we multiply 400 by 60 we will get feet/hour
= 24000 feet/hour
Since 1 mile = 5280 feet, if we divide 24000 by 5280
we end up with miles per hour
24000/5280 = {{{4 +6/11}}} miles per hour
or
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500(1/5280) = the numerator in miles
75(1/3600) = the number of hours in 75 seconds since there are 60*60 = 3600 seconds per hour
(500/5280)/(75/3600) = {{{4 +6/11}}} miles per hour