Question

A ballistic missile travels at a speed of 3000 feet per second. How many miles can the missile travel in 1 hour?

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Answer 1

Well, first you would convert 1 hour into seconds which is 3600 secs.

to find how far it travels in 3600 seconds, do 3000ft * 3600sec which is 10,800,000ft.

you convert that into miles and you get the answer.

1 mile = 5280ft.

10,800,000ft / 5280 = 2045.45miles

Therefore the mission goes 2045.45 miles in 1 hour or 2045.45/mph
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