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If a car drive a down a street at 40 miles per hour,how many seconds will it take to drive one block (recall that 8 city blocks =1 mile)

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1 / 8 (one block) = 0.125 miles
0.125 miles / 40 mph = 0.003125 hours
Now convert it to seconds: 0.003125 * 60(to minutes) * 60(to seconds) =
11.25 seconds

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