Question

how would I solve 10095 m/s to miles/s

Answer 1

Do you have a good conversion between metric and "regular" (like feet or miles)?

Answer 2

Or meters to yards?

Answer 3

i know theres 5280 feet in a mile and 1760 meters in a mile

Answer 4

yep, right idea. Do you have anything that says something like centimeters per inch or yards per meter?

Answer 5

yes 2.54 centimeters= 1 inch

Answer 6

ok, well, that will work. It's just a bunch of step-by-step unit conversions...

Answer 7

\[10095 * \frac{ m }{ s } * 100 \frac{ cm }{ m } * \frac{ 1 inch }{ 2.54 cm } * \frac{ 1 foot }{12 inches} * \frac{ 1 mile}{ 5280 feet } = 6.2727 miles/second \]

Answer 8

you just have to keep straight cancelling out the unit you don't want in each step by putting a conversion factor, in the form of a fraction with the right units on top and bottom. Keep converting till you get to the real units you want at the end.

Answer 9

Sometimes it helps to write out what you're given (in this case, m/s) on the left, and what you need (miles/s) on the right, and then start filling in conversion factors one at a time to "connect the dots" from m/s to miles/s

Answer 10

oooooh ok and the seconds i dont do anything with since there both divided seconds?

Answer 11

right on! But lots of times you want speed in terms of miles per hour, right?
So, watch out on a test question! You might ALSO have to put in even more conversions to convert seconds to minutes and minutes to hours

Answer 12

ok got it! preciate it

Answer 13

No problem, glad to help :)