Question

For his birthday, Baldwin got a new drone. According to the box, the drone can fly as fast as 1,100 feet per minute. Baldwin thinks that sounds too fast to be realistic, so he wants to convert the speed to more familiar

Hint: there are 5,280 feet in 1 mile

Answer 1

To convert the drone's speed of 1,100 feet per minute to miles per hour, multiply by 60 to get feet per hour, then divide by 5,280 to get miles. The drone can fly at a speed of 12.5 miles per hour.

Step-by-step explanation:

To convert the drone's speed from feet per minute to a more familiar unit like miles per hour, we need to use the given conversion factor that there are 5,280 feet in a mile. First, we convert the speed to feet per hour by multiplying by 60 minutes (since there are 60 minutes in an hour): 1,100 feet per minute × 60 minutes per hour = 66,000 feet per hour. Then, we convert feet to miles by dividing by 5,280 feet per mile: 66,000 feet per hour ÷ 5,280 feet per mile = 12.5 miles per hour. Therefore, the drone's speed is 12.5 miles per hour.

Answer 2

People are more familiar with miles per hour used for speed (in the US).

In this case you want to convert feet per minute to miles per hour. First convert feet to miles by dividing by 5280 then convert minutes to hours by multiplying by 60.

That will give you 12.5 mph