Way OT Speed conversion

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@menloparkrandd.com)]

We must have had the same teachers :) Back in the 80's I had a rocketry program for working that math. But... I no longer have access to a 5.25" drive nor a machine that runs 6502 assembler...
Greg wrote:
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>a mile is 5280 feet. Your known measurement is 90 ft.
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>5280 ft / 90 ft = 58.6(repeating)
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>58.6 *1.5 (seconds) = 88 seconds. That is, it would have traveled a mile in
>88 seconds.
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>According to the tachymeter on my Pulsar Quartz Alarm Chronograph World
>Timer watch...
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>That's less than 60 mph (which is as low as it can go)
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>And that kind of crazy math thinking sometimes got me a passing grade on
>tests. In my head the conversion makes sense, but teachers always just
>shook their heads and told me I should take better notes.
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>Cheers!
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>GP
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>On 10/29/06, Erik Patterson <pats16v@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
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>> Lurking mode off:
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>> Hello all. I have a question for the brains of the list. How do I know
>> the MPH of a given object knowing the weight, amount of power, and time
>> traveled a certain distance? Any takers?
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>> Six ounce object.
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>> 8 Newtons of force
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>> 90 feet traveled in 1.5 seconds
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>> Yes this was a solid fuel rocket powered car. It was "modified" with the
>> largest motors we could find on a sunday in London Ohio.
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>> Cheers,
>>
>> Erik
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