Question

Jackrabbits are capable of reaching speeds up to 40 miles per hour. How fast is this in feet per second? Round to the nearest whole number

Answer 1

59 feet per second.

Explanation:

Firstly, we need to convert miles into feet and hours into seconds.

We know that there are 5280 feet in a mile.

To convert hours into seconds we multiply how many minutes are in an hour by how many seconds there are in a minute (60x60) to get 3600.

We multiply 5280 by 40 to get 211200 feet per hour

Because of the word "PER" we know that this is a divison problem.

211200 divided by 3600 is 58.66 repeating. Rounded to the nearest whole number makes it 59 feet per second.