Question

One of the fastest species of beetle can actually run at a speed of about 9 kilometers per hour. Convert 9 kilometer per hour to centimeters per second.

Answer 1

Given:

The speed of the beetle is, s = 9 km/h.

The objective is to convert the speed into centimeters per second.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since, it is known that,

`\begin{gathered} 1\text{ km=1,00,000 cm} \\ 1\text{ hour=3600 s} \end{gathered}`

Conversion;

Then, the speed can be converted as,

`\begin{gathered} s=9((km)/(hr))(\frac{1,00,000\text{ cm}}{1\text{ km}})(\frac{1\text{ hr}}{3600\text{ s}}) \\ =250\text{ cm/s} \end{gathered}`

Hence, the the converted value is 250 cm/s.