A humming bird can travel up to 15 meters per second. What is the hummingbirds speed in miles per hour? 1 mile = 1609 meters

Mathematics · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021

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Given:

v = 15 m/s

Change to miles per hour.

Solution:

In order to change m/s to mi/h we simply need to use the general the conversion method.

1 mile = 1609 meters

1 hour  = 3600 seconds

= (15 m/s)( 1 mi/1609 m ) ( 3600 s/1 h)

= 54,000 mi/1609 h

= 33.56 mi/h

Final answer:

= 33.56 mi/h