A car is traveling at a rate of 44 feet per second. What is the car's rate in miles per hour? How many miles will the car travel in 5 hours? In your computations, use the fact that 1 mile is equal to 5280 feet. Do not round your answers.

Question

A car is traveling at a rate of  44  feet per second. What is the car's rate in miles per hour? How many miles will the car travel in  5  hours? In your computations, use the fact that  1  mile is equal to  5280  feet. Do not round your answers.

dtan5457 · Answer

Ok. 

if per second you travel 44 feet.

44 times 60=2640 feet which is how fast per minute

for hour, multiply by 60 again

2640 times 60=158400 feet an hour

divide that by 5280 since that's how many feet are in a mile

you get 30 mph.

5 hours= 30 times 5=150 miles in 5 hrs