A car is driving at a speed of 60 mi/h. What is the speed of the car in feet per minute?

Question

2,580 ft/min

5,280 ft/min

316,800 ft/min

3,600 ft/min

Answer 1

Hi Willow, you need to convert miles to feet and hours to minutes:

 

Convert miles to feet:

 

1 mile = 5280 feet

 

Then:

 

60 miles = 316800 feet

 

Convert hours to minutes:

 

1 hour = 60 minutes

 

This gives us:

 

60 mi/h = 316800 feet/60 minutes, or 5280 feet per minute.

 

Another way of looking at this, when a car is traveling at 60 miles per hour, it is traveling 1 mile per minute, or 5280 feet per minute.

 

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