Question

A person is walking 3 miles per hour. What is their rate in feet per second? 4.4 feet per second 2.05 feet per second 7.9 feet per second 29.3 feet per second

Answer 1

4.4 .
there is 5280 feet per mile. Meaning there is 15840 feet in three miles. Divide 15840 feet by 60(number of minutes in an hour and you get 264 , which is how many feet per minute. Divide 264 by 60(number of seconds in a minute) and you get 4.4, the number of feet per second