13Converting mph to ft/s
A car travels at 54 miles per hour. How many feet does it travel per second? (1 mile = 5,280 feet)
The car travels 79.2 feet per second. Convert 54 mi/hr to ft/hr by multiplying by 5280 (285,120 ft/hr), then to ft/s by dividing by 3600, giving 79.2 ft/s.