If a person is traveling at a rate of seventy five miles per hour in a straight line, how far would they travel in three seconds?
75 *5280 feet/3600 seconds * 3 seconds = 330 feet
(about 100 meters)
To solve this problem we shall use the formula that relates distance, speed and time.
speed = distance/time
Or, speed*time = distance
Now, speed = 75miles/hour = 75miles/(60*60)second = 75miles/3600second = 0.020833mile/second
So, the distance travelled is = (.020833mile/second)*3second
= 0.062499mile or 0.0625mile
To determine the distance traveled in three seconds, we need to know the formula that relates speed, time, and distance. The formula is:
Distance = Speed x Time
Given that the speed is 75 miles per hour and the time is 3 seconds, we need to make sure that both values are in the same unit. Since the speed is given in miles per hour, we need to convert the time to hours as well.
To convert 3 seconds to hours, we need to divide it by the number of seconds in an hour. There are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour, so there are 60 x 60 = 3600 seconds in an hour.
So, 3 seconds is equal to 3/3600 = 0.00083333 hours.
Now we can substitute the values into the formula:
Distance = 75 miles/hour x 0.00083333 hours
Calculating this, we find:
Distance ≈ 0.0625 miles
Therefore, a person traveling at a rate of 75 miles per hour in a straight line would travel approximately 0.0625 miles in three seconds.