Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Measurement - 9.1 Measuring Length; The Metric System - Exercise Set 9.1 - Page 584: 56

Answer

147 feet per second

Work Step by Step

We can convert 100 miles per hour to units of feet per second. $100 ~mi/hr = \frac{100~mi}{1~hr}\times \frac{5280~ft}{1~mi}\times \frac{1~hr}{3600~sec}$ $100~mi/hr = 147~ft/sec$
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