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the cheetah has an ability to accelerate quickly in three seconds. suppose a cheetah could travel 15 hours at top speed covering 111.9 miles. how far can a cheetah travel in one hour?

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If you have the number of miles and the number of hours, you can just divide miles/hours to get the speed in miles per hour (mph):


(111.9\ miles)/(15\ hours)=7.46\ miles\ per\ hour

So, a cheetah can travel 7.46 miles in an hour.
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