6.25 meters per second.
To convert meters per minute to centimeters per second, divide by 60 since there are 60 seconds in a minute. So, an ant crawling at 12 meters per minute would be moving at 20 centimeters per second (12 meters/minute * 100 centimeters/meter / 60 seconds/minute).
(10 miles / hour) x (1609.344 meters / mile) x (1 hour / 3,600 sec) = (10 x 1609.344 x 1 / 3,600) (mile - meter - hour / hour - mile - second) = 4.470meters/second (rounded)
After 12 seconds, a car traveling at 87 miles per hour would have traveled approximately 1,520 feet. This can be calculated by first converting 87 miles per hour to feet per second, which is about 128 feet per second. Multiplying this by the number of seconds gives the distance traveled.
1 hour = 3,600 seconds1 mile = 5,280 feet87 miles/hour = (87/3,600) miles per secondOver 12 seconds, distance = (12) x (87/3,600) = 0.29 mile = 1,531.2 feet
In 12 seconds, a car traveling at 87 miles per hour covers 211.2 feet. This is calculated by converting 87 miles per hour to feet per second, then multiplying by the time in seconds.
12 miles per hour-seconds = 5.364 meters per second2
12 meters per second
To convert meters per minute to centimeters per second, divide by 60 since there are 60 seconds in a minute. So, an ant crawling at 12 meters per minute would be moving at 20 centimeters per second (12 meters/minute * 100 centimeters/meter / 60 seconds/minute).
The sprinter's acceleration is 2 meters per second squared.
8.3 m/s
8.3 m/s
12 meters in 28 seconds = 12/28 or 0.428 meters per second
If you traveled 100 meters in 30 seconds, then you would be traveling at 3.333... meters per second, or 200 meters per minute, or 12 kilometers per hour (7.45 miles/hour).
If the child slows down 3 meters per second every second for 4 seconds, he'll have slowed down 12 meters per second total. Having started at 15, he'll be down to a speed of 3 meters per second.
It is accelerating at 1.2m/s per second.
The change in velocity was 8 m / s. Divide that by 4 seconds and get 2 m / s2 -- sometimes stated as acceleration of 2 meters per second per second.
To convert meters per second to kilometers per hour, you multiply the speed in meters per second by 3.6. Therefore, if a car is traveling at 12 meters per second, it is traveling at 12 × 3.6 = 43.2 kilometers per hour.