Convert 500feet/minute to miles/hour. So I'd divide 500/5280 to get 0.0946
0.0946 is the number of miles traveled in 1 minute.
With the proportion 500/1 and x/60 am I suppose to multiply 500 and 60 to get 30000
Yes.
500/1 and x/60
x = 30,000 feet per minute
30,000/5280 = 5.68 miles per hour
500 ft / minute
= (500/5280) miles / (1/60)hr
= (500/5280)(60) mph
= 5.68 mph
just as Ms Sue got
or
could be done by ratios
500/5280 = x/60
x = 60(500/5280) ----> same result
To convert 500 feet per minute to miles per hour, you need to divide the value by the number of feet in a mile and then multiply it by the number of minutes in an hour.
There are 5,280 feet in a mile, so you would divide 500 by 5,280 to get: 500/5280.
Calculating this division yields approximately 0.0947. This is the decimal equivalent of the conversion.
However, to convert it to miles per hour, you need to multiply this decimal by 60—the number of minutes in an hour. So, multiplying 0.0947 by 60 would give you: 0.0947 x 60 = 5.682.
Therefore, 500 feet per minute is approximately equal to 5.682 miles per hour.