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How to Use Google Calculator to Convert Speeds
If you’ve ever taken a basic physics course, you know that the standard units that physics equations use for speed are meters per second. To many people in the world those units make perfect sense. However, for us metrically challenged Americans, it can be hard to think in metric units. Fortunately, you can let Google do the work for you.
Using Google to Convert Between Different Units of Speed
Let’s say that in a physics problem, we find that an object is moving at 14 m/s. If you have no idea how fast that is, but want to find out, all you have to do is use Google to convert it to miles per hour, which is done like this:
14 m/s in mph
That’s really all you have to do, and Google will show you how fast 14 meters per second is in miles per hour.
You can also go from the English system back to metric, as shown in the example below:
On another note, the 1992 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records reports the following:
In a speed test carried out in the Seychelles a male giant tortoise could only cover 15 feet in 43.5 sec (0.23 mph) despite the enticement of a female.
Now that’s not all impressive, but if that turtle wanted to impress his little turtle lady friend, he could boast, “Hey baby, I can walk over 378 million micrometers per hour at your enticement!” Now that sounds a lot better.
You may wonder how the turtle did all that math in his head… Well, he didn’t! He was using Google, of course!
If you have any questions on doing speed conversions or any other fun things with Google Calculator, leave your comments below!
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