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The peregrine falcon has been clocked in a dive at 200 miles per hour. How many feet per second did the bird travel?

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200 miles
1 hour-60mins x 60

200 miles - x
360 second - 1 second

Cross multiply:
200=360x
/360 /360
.55555....... =x

The bird would fly at about .56 miles per second.
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