Usain Bolt set a world record of 9.58 seconds for the 100 meter dash. White-tailed deer can run at 48 kilometers per hour for short periods. We want to compare their speeds, but notice that the given speeds are not using the same units. So, we need to convert the deer's speed from kilometers per hour to meters per second. How many meters per second does the deer run? (Hint: remember that there are 1,000 meters in a kilometer, 60 seconds in a minute, and 60 minutes in an hour.) Question 2 options: 800 m/sec 48,000 m/sec 1.33 m/sec 13.33 m/sec

Answer 1

To convert kilometers per hour to meters per second, we need to use the following conversion factors:

1 kilometer = 1000 meters
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds

So, the conversion can be done as follows:

48 kilometers per hour = 48 * 1000 meters per 60 * 60 seconds
= (48 * 1000) / (60 * 60) meters per second
= 48,000 / 3600 meters per second
= 13.33 meters per second

Therefore, the deer runs at a speed of 13.33 meters per second.