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 5 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  5 hours? In your computations, use the fact that  1  mile is equal to  5280  feet. Do not round your answers.

cwrw238 · Answer

you also need to use the fact that 1 hour = 3600 seconds.

cwrw238 · Answer

one way is to first convert feet to miles by dividing 44 by 5280 to give you a value for miles pe second.  then multiply by 3600 to find miles per hour

cwrw238 · Answer

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