Question

Convert 60 miles per hour to feet per minute. A) 88 ft/min B) 528 ft/min C) 5,280 ft/min Eliminate D) 316,800 ft/min

Answer 1

First off, we neee to convert the units:

1 miles = 5280 feet
1 hour = 60 minutes

In this case:

60 miles = 5280×60 = 316800 feet
1 hour = 60 minutes

To find the answer, which is the speed,”we divide the length by it's time:


`(316800)/(60) \\ = \ ( \ 5280* 60)/(60) \\ = 5280`

Therefore the answer is C. 5280 ft/min.

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