Showing posts with label Speed Facts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Speed Facts. Show all posts

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Jet engine speed

If you are flying on an aircraft traveling at 500 mph, to travel 2,000 miles the aircraft would need just four hours.

A car traveling at 60 mph would need 33.3 hours.

If you walk at an average speed of 3 mph, you would need 666.6 hours.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Different car speeds

If you are in a car and driving for five miles, approximately how long does it take to arrive at your destination if you were traveling at different speeds?

At 55 mph, you would travel at .916 miles a minute, and get there in 5.458 minutes.

At 45 mph, you would travel at .75 miles a minute, and get there in 6.666 minutes.

At 35 mph, you would travel at .583 miles a minute, and get there in 8.576 minutes.

At 25 mph, you would travel at .416 miles a minute, and get there in 12.019 minutes.

The car traveling at 25 mph, would need approximately 6 1/2 minutes longer than the car going at 55 mph to reach five miles.