A cheetah runs 5 miles in 60 seconds. How fast did the cheetah run in miles per hour? Convert seconds in to hours first then solve.

Speed of the cheetah is 300 miles per hour

Explanation:

As we know that the speed is defined as the ratio of distance and time

here we know that Cheetah runs a total distance of d = 5 miles

also the time taken by the cheetah is

t = 60 s

now we have

so here we have