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

60 seconds per minute, 60 minutes per hour

60*60 = 3600 seconds per hour

5280 feet per mile

300/5280 = 0.0568 of a mile

2.92/3600 = 0.000811 of an hour

0.0568 / 0.000811 = 70.028 miles per hour

round to 70 miles per hour