Question

A cheetah ran 300 feet in 2.92 seconds. What was the cheetah’s average speed in miles per hour?

Answer 1

300/2.92 = speed in ft/sec
divide your answer by 5280 to get miles per second ( 1 mile = 5280 feet)
then multiply this last answer by 3600 to get mph ( 1 hour = 3600 secs)

Answer 2

@cwrw238, I got 70.049808, Does that look right? So Would I say the Cheeta is running 70 mph?

Answer 3

yes - funny i was reading somewhere the other day that it can reach 80 mph for short periods - a fast cat!!