Which is traveling faster, a car going 8km/h or one going 55mi/h?
1 kilometer = 0.621371192 miles
What is your answer?
car going 55 mi/h
Right!
To determine which car is traveling faster, we need to convert both speeds into the same unit.
The first car is going 8 kilometers per hour (km/h).
The second car is going 55 miles per hour (mi/h).
To compare these speeds, we can convert kilometers to miles or miles to kilometers. Let's convert the second car's speed from miles to kilometers.
1 mile is approximately equal to 1.60934 kilometers.
To convert 55 miles to kilometers:
55 miles * 1.60934 km/mi ≈ 88.5147 kilometers
Now we can compare the speeds:
Car 1: 8 km/h
Car 2: 88.5147 km/h
Since Car 2 is traveling at a higher speed (88.5147 km/h), it is traveling faster than Car 1 (8 km/h).