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3) If the speed limit on a highway in the UK is 70 miles per hour and

it is 120km per hour in Canada, which country has the higher speed
limit for highways? What is the difference between them?

User Pranay Aryal
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Explanation:

for this we need to know the conversion rate between miles and kilometers :

1 mile = 1.60934 km

which means

1 km = 0.621371 miles

so,

70 m/h = 70×1.60934 km/h = 112.6538 km/h

compared to the 120 km/h limit in Canada, it is clear that the speed limit in Canada is higher.

the difference is

7.3462 km/h = 7.3462×0.621371 = 4.56471564 m/h

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