jpanhalt Well-Known Member Most Helpful Member Sep 25, 2017 #21 gary350 You forgot to cross your "X". John Edit: Added joking imoji Last edited: Sep 25, 2017
R Ratchit Well-Known Member Sep 25, 2017 #22 gary350 said: At 60 mph a car will travel 1 mile in 1 minutes. 200mph/60=3.33333333 times faster. 5280/3.3333333333= 1584 ft per minutes Click to expand... Nope, it is 5280 * 10/3 = 17600 ft/min . 1584/60= 26.4 ft per second = 316.8 inches 1 meter = 39.370 inches 2.5 meters= 98.425 inches 316.8 / 98.425 = 3.218 seconds is the answer. Click to expand... Wasn't this problem worked out in post #8 of this thread? Ratch
gary350 said: At 60 mph a car will travel 1 mile in 1 minutes. 200mph/60=3.33333333 times faster. 5280/3.3333333333= 1584 ft per minutes Click to expand... Nope, it is 5280 * 10/3 = 17600 ft/min . 1584/60= 26.4 ft per second = 316.8 inches 1 meter = 39.370 inches 2.5 meters= 98.425 inches 316.8 / 98.425 = 3.218 seconds is the answer. Click to expand... Wasn't this problem worked out in post #8 of this thread? Ratch