Question

How do you convert 47 miles per hour to meters per second, with work show.

Answer 1

5.5 m/sec

Explanation:

We need to look up (or remember) that 0.44704 m/sec = 1 mph.

Then:

47 mph 0.44704 m/sec

------------- * ----------------------- = 5.5 m/sec

1 1 mph

Answer 2

47 miles per hour = 21 metres per second (to 0 decimal places)

Explanation:

47 miles per hour

47 miles x 1609.344 = 75639.2 metres

75639.2 metres per hour DIVIDED BY 3600 = 21.0108888889 metres per second