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June 6th, 2016, 03:54 PM   #1
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The speed of sound is 1 , 088 1,088 feet per second. Convert the speed of sound to m

can someone help me with this conversion?

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 June 6th, 2016, 04:08 PM #2 Math Team     Joined: Jul 2011 From: Texas Posts: 2,924 Thanks: 1521 $\dfrac{1088 \, ft}{sec} \cdot \dfrac{3600 \, sec}{hour} \cdot \dfrac{1 \, mile}{5280 \, ft}$ Thanks from GIjoefan1976
 June 16th, 2016, 03:32 PM #3 Newbie   Joined: Jun 2016 From: Minnesota Posts: 16 Thanks: 2 You need to do two conversions. Let's start with converting seconds to hours. There are 60 seconds per minute and 60 minutes per hour. So, multiply 60 by 60 and you have 3600 seconds per hour. 1,088 feet per second multiplied by 3600 is 3,916,800 feet per hour. Now convert feet to mile. 1 mile is 5,280 feet. So divide 3,916,800 by 5,280. You are left with 741.82 miles per hour.

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