Question

A cheetah ran 300 feet in 2.92 seconds. What was the cheetah’s average speed in miles per hour? Show your work.

Answer 1

the cheetah ran 102.739726 miles per hour.

Answer 2

(300 ft/2.92 sec)(1 mi/ 5280 ft)(3600 sec/1 hour)
= {300 x 1 x 3600 miles)/(2.92 x 5280 x 1 hour)
= 91080000 miles/15417.6 hours
= 70.05 mph