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A car is traveling 83.3 kilometers per hour. What is its speed in miles per minute? One kilometer = 0.62 miles.

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51.64 miles per minute
User Andrei Olar
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Hi. 2fouls! :)

First convert the number from kilometer to miles:

83.3*0.62

=51.646 miles

Now to find the miles per minutes,divide the miles per hours by 60 (the amount of minutes in an hour.)


51.646/60

=0.860766667

The car is travelling at a speed of 0.860766667 miles/minute.

Hope this helps.
-Benjamin

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