Question

You are driving 12 meters per second. What is your speed in miles per hour? (1.6km=1 mike) EXPLAIN

Answer 1

1.6km = 1 mike? Wow that guy is tall.

I think you meant 1.6 km = 1 mile? Okay then if we're going 12 meters per second how much would you travel in one hour? First we need to figure out how many seconds are in an hour.  There are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour so:

60×60=3600 seconds in an hour

Now we will multiply that by 12 meters per second and we get:

$12\frac{m}{s} \times 3600 s=43200m$

And 43200 meters is 43.2 km (1000 meters in 1 kilometer) meaning 43.2 kilometers an hour.  Since there are 1.6 km in one mile we must divide 43.2km to 1.6.

$\frac{43.2}{1.6}=27mph$

And so your speed is 27 miles per hour.