To convert from centimeters per hour (cm/hr) to meters per second (m/s), you can follow these steps:
- Convert cm to m: Since there are 100 centimeters in a meter, divide by 100.
- Convert hours to seconds: Since there are 3600 seconds in an hour, divide by 3600.
So, the conversion from 2 cm/hr to m/s would be:
\[ \text{Speed in m/s} = \left(\frac{2 \text{ cm}}{1 \text{ hr}}\right) \times \left(\frac{1 \text{ m}}{100 \text{ cm}}\right) \times \left(\frac{1 \text{ hr}}{3600 \text{ s}}\right) \]
Calculating this gives:
\[ \text{Speed in m/s} = 2 \times \frac{1}{100} \times \frac{1}{3600} \]
\[ = \frac{2}{360000} \text{ m/s} \]
\[ = \frac{1}{180000} \text{ m/s} \approx 5.56 \times 10^{-6} \text{ m/s} \]
To convert this to min/s (minutes per second), note that it doesn't make sense in standard terms since there are 60 seconds in a minute. However, if you just want to express it in terms of how many minutes it takes per second movement:
It might be clearer to keep it as m/s or convert it in a different context. If you still need an unconventional minute per second representation, you would perform the conversion, and remember that it involves interpreting speeds versus time units.
For practical purposes:
2 cm/hr = \(5.56 \times 10^{-6}\) m/s
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