A furlong is a distance of 220 yards. A fortnight is a time period of two weeks. A race horse is running at a speed of 5.00 yards per second. What is his speed in furlongs per fortnight?

1 Answer
Jun 3, 2017

Speed of race horse is #27490.91# furlongs per fortnight.

Explanation:

There are #14# days in a fortnight and hence #14xx24=336# hours

i.e. #336xx60=20160# minutes or #20160xx60=1209600# seconds

As the race horse runs at a speed of #5.00# yards per second,

heruns #5xx1209600=6048000# yards in a fotnight.

There are #220# yards in a furlong,

Therefore #6048000# yards is equivalent to

#6048000/220=27490.91# furlongs (rounded to #2dp#)

Hence, speed of race horse is #27490.91# furlongs per fortnight.