John is biking at a rate of 15 mi/h. There are 5280 ft in 1 mi. On average, how many feet does John travel in 1 minute?
Solution:
Since there are 5280ft in 1 mile, we can find how many feet are in 15 miles.
Converting miles into feet, we have \(5280*15=79,200 \)feet.
So, he travels 79,200 feet in 1 hour or 60 minutes.
Since they're asking us to find how many feet he can travel in 1 minute, we can easily do: \(\frac{79,200}{60}=\boxed{1,320} \)
feet.
Via dimensional analysis solution:
15 m/hr x 1/60 hr/min x 5280 ft/m = 1320 ft/min (as Tertre found)