{"id":203428,"date":"2025-03-19T18:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=203428"},"modified":"2025-03-19T18:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:16:01","slug":"a-car-is-traveling-at-a-speed-of-60-kilometers-per-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/19\/a-car-is-traveling-at-a-speed-of-60-kilometers-per-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"A car is traveling at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A car is traveling at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour. What is the car’s speed in miles per hour? How many miles will the car travel in 2 hours? In your computations, assume that 1 mile is equal to 1.6 kilometers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To convert the car’s speed from kilometers per hour (km\/h) to miles per hour (mph), we use the given conversion factor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[
1 \\text{ mile} = 1.6 \\text{ kilometers}
]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Convert Speed to Miles per Hour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The car is traveling at 60 km\/h<\/strong>. To convert this to miles per hour, we divide by 1.6<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[
60 \\div 1.6 = 37.5 \\text{ mph}
]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, the car’s speed is 37.5 miles per hour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2: Calculate Distance Traveled in 2 Hours<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since the car is traveling at 37.5 mph<\/strong>, the distance it covers in 2 hours<\/strong> is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[
37.5 \\times 2 = 75 \\text{ miles}
]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, the car will travel 75 miles<\/strong> in 2 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  1. Unit Conversion<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • The speed was originally given in kilometers per hour. Since we needed miles per hour, we used the conversion factor 1 mile = 1.6 km<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • We divided 60 km\/h<\/strong> by 1.6<\/strong> to get the equivalent speed in miles per hour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      1. Distance Calculation<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • Once we found the speed in miles per hour (37.5 mph<\/strong>), we multiplied it by the time given (2 hours<\/strong>) to determine the total distance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
            \n
          1. Why This Works<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
              \n
            • This method ensures accurate unit conversion and maintains correct proportionality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Dividing by 1.6<\/strong> accounts for the difference between kilometers and miles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Multiplying speed by time gives the total distance, following the basic formula: [
              \\text{Distance} = \\text{Speed} \\times \\text{Time}
              ]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              By using this systematic approach, we correctly determine that the car is traveling at 37.5 mph<\/strong> and will cover 75 miles in 2 hours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              A car is traveling at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour. What is the car’s speed in miles per hour? How many miles will the car travel in 2 hours? In your computations, assume that 1 mile is equal to 1.6 kilometers. The correct answer and explanation is : To convert the car’s speed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}