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Calculate the speed of a train `ms^(-1)` which covers 972 miles in 27 hours (1 mile = 1.60 km)

Answer» Correct Answer - `16.0 ms^(-1)`
`("972 miles")/("27 hrs")=(("972 miles")xx("conversion factor"))/(("27 hrs")xx("conversion factor"))`
`= (("972 miles")xx(1.6xx10^(3)m))/(("1 mile"))xx(1)/(("27 hrs"))xx(("1 hr"))/((3.6 xx10^(3)s))=16.0 "m s"^(-1)`.


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