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Convert 50 miles per hour to feet per second. Round your answer to two decimal places.

User Sam Trost
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To convert miles per hour to feet per second you can do it step by step:

1) Miles to feet:

Multiply the value by 5280

Therefore,


50\text{ miles }*\text{ 5280 = 264000 feet}

2) Hour to second:

1 hour is 60 minutes, and 1 minute is 60 seconds. Thus:


1\text{ hour = 60min}*60\sec =3600\text{ seconds}

Finish making the division (feet/second):


(264000)/(3600)=73.33\text{ }\frac{feet}{\text{second}}

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