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Old 04-17-2005, 10:14 AM  
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Originally Posted by Choker
5280 but for the life of me I can't figure the calculation out in my head.
So the calculation for question one would be:
50 feet in 3.5 secondes = 50 / 3.5 = 14.28571429 feet per second
there are 3,600 second per hour so 14.28571429 X 3,600 = 51,428.57144
if 5,280 feet = 1 mile than 51,428.57144 = 51,428.57144 / 5280 = 9.74 miles per hour.
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