Introductory Chemistry (5th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 032191029X
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-029-5

Chapter 2 - Measurement and Problem Solving - Exercises - Problems - Page 52: 83

Answer

$49.7 \ minutes$

Work Step by Step

First we must convert the speed of $84 miles/hr$ to kilometers/hr. Using the conversion factor $1 mile/hr$ $=$ $1.60934 km/hr$, we can find that $7.5 mi/hr$ $=$ $12.0701 km/hr$ because: $$7.5 mi/hr\times\frac{1.60934 km/hr}{1 miles/hr} = 12.0701 km/hr$$ Next since we know that time = distance/velocity we can take the distance of 10 km and divide by the velocity or speed of 12.0701 to get a time of roughly $0.82849355 $ hours which is equal to $49.7 minutes$ since $0.82849355 hr \times 60 min = 49.7$
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