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If a car is traveling at 55mi/hr. Determine its speed in kilometers per hour and meters per second.


Sagot :

Answer:

88.514 kilometers per hour

24.587 meters per second

CONVERSION

Given : 55 mi/hr

  • Conversion of mi/hr to km/hr

                                                  1 mi = 1.60934 km

                                       [tex]\frac{55\ mi}{hr}*\frac{1.60934\ km}{1\ mi} =88.5137\ km/hr[/tex]

  • Conversion to m/sec

                                                 1 km = 1000 meters

                                                 1 hr = 3600 seconds

                                 

                               [tex]\frac{88.5137\ km}{hr} *\frac{1000\ m}{1\ km} *\frac{1\ hr}{3,600\ sec} = 24.587\ m/sec[/tex]