Question

A car is driving at a speed of 50 mi/h. What is the speed of the car in feet per minute? Use unit conversions. Note that 1 mile = 5280 feet.

Answer 1

4400 ft/ minute

Explanation:

Given data

speed = 50 mph

we want to convert the speed from mph (mile per hour) to feet per minute

1 mile = 5280 feet.

convert 50 miles to feet

=50*5280

=264000 feets

convert 1 hour to minute

= 60minutes

Hence the speed in feets per minute is

=264000/60

=4400 ft/ minute