Question

Who is faster: someone traveling a mile a minute or someone traveling 20 m/s.?

Answer 1

speed of first one is given as

`v_1 = 1 mile \: in \: 1 min`

we also know that

1 mile = 1609 meter

also for time of motion

t = 1 min = 60 s

so in SI units the speed is given as

`v = (1609)/(60)`

`v = 26.82 m/s`

so 1 mile/min = 26.82 m/s

So here we will say that 1 mile per min is more speed than 20 m/s as we can see that 1 mile / min is 26.82 m/s in SI units after its conversion