1. Convert miles to feet:
* There are 5280 feet in one mile.
2. Convert hours to seconds:
* There are 3600 seconds in one hour (60 minutes * 60 seconds).
3. Set up the conversion:
* (60 miles/hour) * (5280 feet/mile) * (1 hour/3600 seconds)
4. Simplify:
* (60 * 5280) / 3600 feet/second
* ≈ 88 feet/second
Therefore, a car traveling at 60 mph is traveling at approximately 88 feet per second.