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Convert 75 miles per hour to feet per minute.

A) 110 ft/min
B) 660 ft/min
C) 5,280 ft/min
D) 6,600 ft/min

User Tom Lianza
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6600 Feet per minute
User John Papa
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Answer: The correct option is

(D) 6600 ft/min.

Step-by-step explanation: We are given to convert 75 miles per hour to feet per minute.

We know that

1 mile = 5280 feet and 1 hour = 60 minutes.

Therefore, we get


75~\textup{miles/hour}\\\\\\=\frac{75~\textup{miles}}{1~\textup{hour}}\\\\\\=\frac{75*5280~\textup{feet}}{1*60~\textup{minutes}}\\\\\\=75*88~\textup{feet/min}\\\\=6600~\textup{feet/min}.

Thus, 75 miles per hour is equal to 6600 feet per minute.

Option (D) is CORRECT.

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