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12 May, 21:46

Nick is a distance runner. If he ran 5280 feet in 4 minutes and 2 seconds, what is his speed in feet per second?

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  1. 12 May, 22:09
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    So,

    Nick ran 5280 ft. (1 mi.) in 4 min. 2 secs.

    Convert 4 min. 2 secs. to secs.

    60 secs. = 1 min.

    4 (60) + 2 = secs.

    240 + 2 = secs.

    242 = secs.

    Nick ran 5280 ft. in 242 secs.

    5280ft./242sec.

    Divide both sides by 242

    21.81818181 ... ft./sec.
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