Question

An adult cheetah can run up to 70 miles per hour. About how fast is this in feet per second?

Answer 1

An adult cheetah can run 103 feet per second!

Explanation:

First we need to convert our miles to feet, there are 5,280 feet in one mile.

So 70 miles multiplied by 5,280 feet is 369,600 feet.

Now we need to convert an hour to seconds.

There are 60 seconds in one minute, so we multiply 60 seconds by 60 minutes, there are 3,600 seconds in one hour.

Now we need to divide the number of feet by the number of seconds.

369,600 ÷ 3,600 = 102.666667

102.666667 rounded to the nearest whole number is 103.