How do you convert 240 miles per hour to feet per second?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-22T05:07:15

Below.

$"1 mile" \ = \ "5280 feet"$

$"1 hour" \ = \ "3600 seconds"$

Convert $240$ miles to feet:

$"240 mi" xx "5280 ft"/"1 mi" = "1267200 ft"$

Now do

$"1 h" xx "60 min"/"1 h" xx "60 s"/"1 min" = "3600 s"$

Divide

$"127600 ft"/"3600 s" = "352 ft/s"$

Answer: $"352 feet per seond"$