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Convert. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth. (Recall: 1 mi ≈ 1.61 km) km/h ~ 10 mi/h

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16.1 km/h because all you're really doing is moving a decimal place back 1.0 becomes 10 so 1.61 becomes 16.1
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Answer:

10 mile per hour = 16.1 kilometers per h our

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that

1 mile = 1.61 kilometers

We are supposed to convert speed given in miles per hour (mph) to kilometers per hours (kmph)

In order to do so ,

1 mile = 1.61 kilometers

1 mile per hour = 1.61 kilometers per hour

Multiplying both sides by 10 we get

10 miles per hour = 1.61 *10 kilometers per hour

10 miles per hour = 16.1 kilometers per hour

Hence our speed in kilometers per hour is 16.10 kmph

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