What is the velocity 5.0 " furlongs"/"fortnight" in "meters"/"second"?

1 Answer
Mar 20, 2016

8.32xx10^-4 "m"/"sec"

Explanation:

If your velocity is

v=5.0 "furlongs"/"fortnight"

then we'll need some conversion factors. After a quick Google search, I discovered that

1xx"furlong" = 220 " yards" and 1xx"fortnight"=14 " days"

So let's get to converting! First, we may convert time:

v=5.0 "furlongs"/"fortnight"xx(1 " fortnight")/(14 " days")
xx(1 " day")/(24 " hours")xx(1 " hour")/(60 " min")xx(1 " min")/(60 " sec")=4.13xx10^-6 "furlongs"/"sec"

Second, converting distance, we have
v=4.13xx10-6 "furlongs"/"sec"xx(220 " yards")/(1 " furlong")xx(3 " ft")/(1 " yard")
xx(1 " m")/(3.281 " ft")=8.32xx10^-4 "m"/"sec"