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About Mph to m/s formula

Let's review what mph and m/s are before learning about the mph to m/s formula. These two are the units of speed. The distance travelled per unit of time is known as speed. The complete versions of mph and m/s are listed here. mph stands for "miles per hour," and m/s stands for "metres per second." To swiftly convert one unit to another, use the mph to m/s formula. Using the mph to m/s formula, you can get an exact result up to three digits after the decimal. Let's look at the mph to m/s formula and some solved examples.

What is the mph to m/s formula?

Let's review what a mile is in metres and what an hour is in seconds. The distance travelled per unit of time is known as speed. The abbreviations mph and m/s stand for "miles per hour" and "metres per second," respectively. Then we can convert mph to m/s with ease. We know that one mile equals 1.60934 kilometres or 1609.34 metres.

60 minutes = 60 seconds = 3600 seconds = 1 hour.

Let's use these conversions to get the mph to m/s formula.

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Solved example of Mph to m/s Formula & Its Conversation 

Examples Using mph to m/s formula

Example 1: A train is travelling at a speed of 200 mph. Calculate its speed in m/s?

Solution: Speed of the train = 200 mph.

Using the mph to m/s formula,

200 mph = 200 × 0.447 m/s = 89.4 m/s

Example 2: A busis traveling at aspeed of 145 mph. Find the distance covered by the car in 65 seconds?

Solution: Speed of the car = 145 mph.

Thus,

145 mph = 145 × 0.447 m/s = 64.815 m/s

It means the car travels 64.815 meters in 1 second.

So the distance travelled by car in 65 seconds is

65 seconds × 64.815 m/s = 4212.975 meters

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