Question

Sam has 63,756 feet in 70 minutes. what is sams rate in miles per hour?

Answer 1

10.35mi/hr

Explanation:

Let's first convert feet to miles:

5280 ft = 1 mi

63,756 ft =12.075 mi

Now let's convert minutes to hours:

60 minutes = 1 hr

70 minutes = 1.167 hr

Now we find the rate in miles per hour:

12.075mi/1.167 hr=10.35mi/hr