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Writing Suppose you want to convert feet per second to miles per hour. What conversion factors would you use? How did you determine which unit should go in the numerator and which unit should go in the denominator of the conversion factors?
To find: conversion factor that converts feet per second to miles per hour.
Answer to Problem 36P
The conversion factor is
Explanation of Solution
The conversion from the feet per second to miles per hour,
In one mile there is 5280 feet, and in 1 second there is 1/60 hour,
Convert,
Therefore the conversion factor is
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