If your spray equipment covers 264 feet in 3 minutes, what is its rate of travel in miles per hour?

To determine the rate of travel in miles per hour, it is important to convert the distance traveled and the time taken into the appropriate units. In this case, the spray equipment travels 264 feet in 3 minutes.

First, convert the distance from feet to miles. There are 5,280 feet in one mile. Therefore, to calculate the distance in miles:

[ \text{Distance in miles} = \frac{264 \text{ feet}}{5280 \text{ feet/mile}} = 0.05 \text{ miles} ]

Next, convert the time from minutes to hours. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, we convert 3 minutes to hours:

[ \text{Time in hours} = \frac{3 \text{ minutes}}{60 \text{ minutes/hour}} = 0.05 \text{ hours} ]

Now, using the formula for speed (which is distance divided by time), we find the rate of travel:

[ \text{Rate in miles per hour} = \frac{0.05 \text{ miles}}{0.05 \text{ hours}} = 1 \text{ mile per hour} ]

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