A car is traveling at a speed of 44 feet per second. What is the car's speed in miles per hour? How many miles will the car travel in 3 hours? In your computations, use the fact that 1 mile is equal to 5280 feet. Do not round your answers

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A car is traveling at a speed of 44 feet per second. What is the car's speed in miles per hour? How many miles will the car travel in 3 hours? In your computations, use the fact that 1 mile is equal to  5280 feet. Do not round your answers

ddcamp · Answer

Unit conversions. We know that there are 5280 feet in 1 mile, so (5280ft)/(1 mile) = 1. We can multiply by this ratio to change units:
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