A car travels 100 meters in 5 seconds. What is the speed of the car in miles per hour?

Question

A car travels 100 meters in 5 seconds. What is the speed of the car in miles per hour?

Answer 1

Katalina,

 

The speed of the car is 100/5 = 20 m/sec (speed = distance/time)

 

1m/sec is 2.237 m/hr. Using the conversion factor the speed of the car is 44.74 miles/hr.