A cyclist rides her bike at a rate of 9 kilometers per hour. What is this rate in meters per second? How many meters will the cyclist travel in 5
seconds? Do not round your answers.

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A cyclist rides her bike at a rate of 9 kilometers per hour. What is this rate in meters per second? How many meters will the cyclist travel in 5
 seconds? Do not round your answers.

anonymous · Answer

A kilometer is 1000 meters. So, if She is going at 9kph, that means she is going .0025 kilometers per second. Multiply that by 5 is .0125 kilmeters per second. And since a kilometer is 1000 meters, multiply .0125 by 1000 to get your answer.

anonymous · Answer

i got 12.5 ? is this correct

anonymous · Answer

A parachutist's rate during a free fall reaches 117 miles per hour. What is this rate in feet per second? At this rate, how many feet will the parachutist fall during 20 seconds of free fall? In your computations, use the fact that 1 mile is equal to 5280 feet. Do not round your answers.
can u help me with this one every time i try i get the answer wrong