Question

A cheetah runs 5 miles in 60 seconds. How fast did the cheetah run in miles per hour? Convert seconds in to hours first then solve.

Answer 1

Speed of the cheetah is 300 miles per hour

Step-by-step explanation:

As we know that the speed is defined as the ratio of distance and time

here we know that Cheetah runs a total distance of d = 5 miles

also the time taken by the cheetah is

t = 60 s

now we have

`t = (60)/(3600) = (1)/(60) hrs`

so here we have

`v = (d)/(t)`

`v = (5)/(1/60)`

`v = 300 mph`