How do you convert 60 miles/hour to ft/sec?

1 Answer

88\ \text{ft/sec}

Explanation:

We know that

1\ \text{mile}=1609.34\ m=1609.34/0.3048=5279.987\ \text{ft

\therefore 60\ \text{miles/hour}

={60\times 5279.987\ \text{ft}}/{3600\ \text{sec}}

=87.999

\approx88\ \text{ft/sec}