A car travels with an average speed of 8.00 meter/second, What is the speed in km/s?           What is this speed in mile/hour?           Hint:    1km = 1000.0 meters, or         1 m = 0.00100 km;     1 mile = 1.60 km, or 1 km = 0.625 mile;        1hour = 3600.0 seconds

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A car travels with an average speed of 8.00 meter/second,

  1. What is the speed in km/s?          
  2. What is this speed in mile/hour?          

Hint:    1km = 1000.0 meters, or         1 m = 0.00100 km;    

1 mile = 1.60 km, or 1 km = 0.625 mile;        1hour = 3600.0 seconds

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Average speed v = 8.0 m/s.

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