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The culture of the United States is ingrained in the imperial system of measurement, and only a handful of things are expressed with metric units in the US. As far as meters per second goes though, if you're talking about cars, kilometers per hour would be a typical unit for speed that you see in a country that uses the metric system. You hardly ever see something expressed in feet per second, when referring to travel or automobiles.
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BlakeThe US uses miles per hour because it is the customary unit for measuring speed in the country. The metric system, which includes meters per second, is not as widely adopted in the US compared to other countries. Additionally, there has been limited push for complete metrication in the US, which is why miles per hour remains the more commonly used unit for speed.
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What is 55 miles per hour in meters per minute?
55 miles per hour is equivalent to 26.8224 meters per minute.
How many mph are in 1.5 meters per second?
1.5 meters per second is equivalent to approximately 3.37 miles per hour.
How fast is 5.5 meters per second?
1,255 meters per second = 4,518,000 meters per hour.
How many meters per second is 89.6 miles per hour?
To convert miles per hour to meters per second, multiply by 0.44704. 89.6 miles per hour is equal to approximately 40.07 meters per second.
Convert 299,792,458 meters per second into miles per hr?
To convert meters per second to miles per hour, we need to first convert meters to miles and seconds to hours. There are 0.000621371 miles in a meter and 3600 seconds in an hour. Therefore, 299,792,458 meters per second is equal to (299,792,458 * 0.000621371) miles per second. Finally, to convert miles per second to miles per hour, we multiply by 3600 to get the final answer in miles per hour.
