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) The world land speed record is 763 mph, set on October 15 1997, by Andy Green in the jet
engine car thrust SSC. Express this speed in meters per second.

2.) The world's largest cut diamond is called the First Star of Africa. its volume is 1.84 cubic inches.
what is its volume in cubic centimeters? in cubic meters?

3.) Starting with the definition one inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters, find the number of (a)
kilometers in one mile and (b) feet in one kilometer.

4.) How many nano seconds does it take light to travel one feet in vacuum? C= 299, 792, 458
meters per second.

5.) The most powerful engine available for the classic 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray develop 360
horsepower and had displacement of 327 cubic inches. Express this displacement in liters by
using only the conversions 1L=1000 cubic meters and 1in=2.54cm.

6.) How many years is 1 gigasecond (assuming 365 days per year)?

7.) A certain fuel-efficient hybrid car has a gasoline mileage of 55.0 mpg (miles per gallon) a.) if you
are driving this car in Europe and want to compare its mileage with that of other European cars,
express this mileage in km/L. b.) if this car's gas tank holds 45L, how many tanks of gas will you
use to drive 1500km?

8.) in the fall of 2002, a group of scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory determined that the
critical mass of neptunium-237 it's about 60kg. the critical mass of fashionable material is the
minimum amount that must be brought together to start a chain reaction. this element has a
density of 19.5 g/𝑚3 . What would be the radius of a sphere of this material that has a critical
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mass. Volume of sphere = 3 𝜋𝑟 3 .