Question

How do you convert miles per hour to meters per minute?

Answer 1

You use a series of conversion factors.

Convert miles to metres

1 mi ×`(5280"ft")/(1"mi") × (12"in")/(1"ft") × (2.54"cm")/(1"in") × (1"m")/(100"cm")` = 1609 m

Convert hours to minutes

1 h = 60 min

Divide the distance by the time

∴ 1 mph = `(1"mi")/(1"h") = (1609"m")/(60"min")` = 26.82 m/min

To convert miles per hour to metres per second, you multiply by 26.82.