What is the velocity of a horse running a distance of 1 mile in 5 minutes due south?

Question

Convert to si units m/s

Answer 1

Hello Sam

 

1 mile = 1609 meters

 

1 min = 60 sec

 

5 min x (60 s / 1 min) = 300 s

 

velocity = 1609 m / 300 s = 5.36 m/s