how fast to travel a mile at 50 seconds?

ast3r3xast3r3x
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
just took psat's and one of the questions was how fast are you going if you travel 1 mile in 50 seconds



haha, just bothered me cuz i'm not sure if i got it right and want to know

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 8
    spartspart Posts: 2,060member
    72 MPH.



    3600 (seconds in an hour) ÷ 50 = 72.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Of couse we know that 1/5 =.2 and so 1/50 is 0.02 MPS. Why convert the units?
  • Reply 3 of 8
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    If you ask this type of question i think you are in trouble with basics calculations ...
  • Reply 4 of 8
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    hmm... i think I got this question right.
  • Reply 5 of 8
    gardenofearthlydelightsgardenofearthlydelights Posts: 963member
    115.8 km/h. Everyone knows that.
  • Reply 6 of 8
    agent302agent302 Posts: 974member
    Well, since we should be using SI units, it's 32 m/s.
  • Reply 7 of 8
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Why should we?
  • Reply 8 of 8
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    roughly .0321 Km/s







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