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Greg Biffle won the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 NASCAR race at the Texas Motor Speedway in April 2005. His average speed was 130 miles per hour. How many feet per second is this? Round to the nearest hundredth.

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Answer:

190.67 ft/sec

Explanation:

130 mi/hr x 5280 ft/mi x 1/60 hr/min x 1/60 min/sec = 190.67 ft/sec

It makes more sense if you write these as fractions and cancel units.

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