Jermaine wants to know how fast he is traveling in a school bus, but he cannot see the speedometer. He records that the bus trav

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els 1 mile in 75 seconds. How fast is Jermaine traveling in miles per hour?

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Advocard [28] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-09T19:24:12+03:00

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<h3>Answer:</h3>

48 mph

<h3>Explanation:</h3>

The rate in miles per second can be converted to the rate in miles per hour by multiplying by the number of seconds in an hour:

$\dfrac{1\,mi}{75\,s}\cdot\dfrac{3600\,s}{1\,h}=\dfrac{3600\,mi}{75\,h}=48\,mi/h$