Question

How do you convert 17cm/hour to miles/second? Can you include all the steps? And if possible, explain why you performed the specific step?

Answer 1

17cm/hour=?miles/second

step 1: 100cm=1m, 1000m=0.6214miles, so 0.6214miles=100 000cm or 10⁵cm=0.6214miles

and 1cm=(0.6214miles)/10⁵

step 2: 1hour=60 minutes, 1 minutes=60 second, 1hour=3600 second

step 3: 17*(1 cm/1 hour)=17*(0.6214miles/(10⁵*3600 second))=2934*10⁻¹¹miles/second, or

2.934*10⁻⁸miles/second