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Originally Posted by notanlines
Uh, “ At 210 mph that's traveling at 1 mile in 3.5 seconds” if true, how does 60 mph produce 1 mile in 60 seconds? How about 210 mph gives about a mile in about 17 seconds?
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Yep, Travelling 210 miles in one hour is travelling 3.5 miles in one minute. That's going 1 mile in about 17.4 seconds, not 1 mile in 3.5 seconds.
1 mile in 3.5 seconds would be 17.4 miles a minute which is about 1,028 MPH. The sound barrier (speed of sound) is about 12.79 miles per minute.