10 ft/min ____ mi/hour
10 ft/min = 600 ft/hour
600 / 5280 = 0.114 mph
I simplified the whole thing when I converted it to a fraction. I got 57/500 but it didn't work. .114 = 57/500 right? I didn't get it right though.
To convert from feet per minute to miles per hour, we need to use conversion factors.
First, let's convert feet to miles. Since 1 mile is equal to 5280 feet, we can set up the following ratio:
1 mile / 5280 feet
Now, let's convert minutes to hours. There are 60 minutes in one hour, so we can set up the following ratio:
1 hour / 60 minutes
Combining these conversion factors, we have:
(1 mile / 5280 feet) * (1 hour / 60 minutes)
To cancel out the units we don't need (feet and minutes), we can multiply the numerical value by the conversion factors:
10 ft/min * (1 mile / 5280 feet) * (1 hour / 60 minutes)
Simplifying the expression, we get:
10 / (5280 * 60) miles/hour
Calculating the numerical value, we have:
10 / (316800) miles/hour
Simplifying further, we get:
0.00003125 miles/hour
Therefore, 10 feet per minute is equal to approximately 0.00003125 miles per hour.
Yes, 0.114 is 57/500 but 57/500 is not the right fraction. The answer really is 0.1136364 which rounds to 0.114 mi/hr.
I don't know how you arrived at 57/500. The lowest fraction is 15/132.