College Physics
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The speed limit on some interstate highways is roughly 100 km/h. (a) What is this in meters per second? (b) How many miles per hour is this?
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The speed limit on some interstate highways is roughly 90 km/h.
(a) What is this in meters per second?
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(b) How many miles per hour is this?
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(a) Find a conversion factor to convert from miles per hour to kilometers per hour.
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(b) In the past, a federal law mandated that highway speed limits would be 55 mi/h. Use the conversion factor of part (a) to find this speed in kilometers per hour.
km/h
(c) The maximum highway speed is now 70 mi/h in some places. In kilometers per hour, how much increase is this over the 55 mi/h limit?
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