Concept explainers
Find the speed of the car in miles per hour. Also round off to the nearest tenth.
Answer to Problem 69CCR
The speed of the car is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
It is given in the question that a police officer notes that a car travelled
Concept Used:
In this, use the formula of speed = Distance / time and also know to change the units.
Calculation:
Here, change the feet per second into miles per hour.
Multiply that by the number of seconds in an hour:
And divide it by the number of feet per mile.
The result will be:
Conclusion:
The speed is
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