How do you convert 42 miles per hour to miles per minute?

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Gianna Caruso · Accepted Answer

In 1 minute the distance traveled is 0.7 miles (#7/10# mile)

Using ratio in fractional format #" "("distance in miles")/("time in hours")# but there are 60 minutes in 1 hour so we have: #("distance in miles")/("time in hours") ->("distance in miles")/("time in hours"xx60) = ("distance in miles")/("time in minutes")# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #color(white)(.)# Given:#" 42 miles per hour"->("distance in miles")/("time in hours")->42/1 # in minutes this is: #42/(1" hour")=42/(1xx60)=42/(60" minutes")# But we need 1 minutes so we have to change the 60 minutes to 1 minute. For multiply and divide, what we do to the bottom we also do to the top to maintain the correct ratio. #42/60" "-=" "(42-:60)/(60-:60) = (0.7)/1->("miles")/("minutes")# In 1 minute the distance traveled is 0.7 miles (#7/10# mile)

Aurora Arias · Answer

undefined To convert 42 miles per hour to miles per minute, divide 42 by 60, since there are 60 minutes in an hour.

$ \frac{42 \text{ miles/hour}}{60 \text{ minutes/hour}} = \frac{42}{60} \text{ miles/minute} $

Dividing 42 by 60, we get:

$ \frac{42}{60} = 0.7 $

So, 42 miles per hour is equivalent to 0.7 miles per minute.