You know there are 1609 m in a mile the number feet in a mile is 5280 use the equalities to answer the following problems how many centimeters equals 1 inch and what is the speed of the snow and problems 7 and inches per minute
To convert inches to centimeters, we can use the equality: 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters.
So, to find out how many centimeters equals 1 inch, we use the conversion factor:
1 inch * 2.54 centimeters/1 inch = 2.54 centimeters
Therefore, 1 inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters.
Now, let's solve the second problem about the speed of snow in inches per minute.
Given that there are 5280 feet in a mile, and 1609 meters in a mile, we can convert feet to meters using the equality: 1 meter = 3.28084 feet.
So the conversion factor for feet to meters is:
1 foot * 1 meter/3.28084 feet = 0.3048 meters.
Next, we know that there are 60 seconds in a minute, so to convert minutes to seconds, we use the conversion factor:
1 minute * 60 seconds/1 minute = 60 seconds.
Combining all the conversion factors, we can find the speed of the snow in inches per minute to centimeters per second:
(7 inches/minute) * (2.54 centimeters/inch) * (1 meter/3.28084 feet) * (0.3048 feet/inch) * (1 minute/60 seconds)
= 7 * 2.54 * 1/3.28084 * 0.3048 / 60 centimeters/second
Simplifying the expression, we find:
= 0.00098129759 centimeters/second
Therefore, the speed of the snow is approximately 0.00098129759 centimeters/second.