What ground speed converts to approximately how many miles per minute if your ground speed is 480 knots?

To determine how many miles per minute a ground speed of 480 knots converts to, it's important to understand the relationship between knots and miles per minute.

One knot is equal to one nautical mile per hour, and a nautical mile is approximately 1.15078 miles. Therefore, to convert knots to miles, you need to first convert the speed in knots to nautical miles per minute and then to miles.

Starting with the ground speed of 480 knots, the first step is to convert knots to nautical miles per minute:

1. Convert knots to nautical miles per minute:

• 480 knots = 480 nautical miles per hour.

• Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, divide by 60 to find the speed in nautical miles per minute:

• ( 480 \text{ nautical miles/hour} \div 60 \text{ minutes/hour} = 8 \text{ nautical miles/minute} ).

2. Convert nautical miles to miles:

• Now, multiply the speed in nautical miles per minute by the conversion factor from nautical miles to miles:

• ( 8 \text{ nautical miles/minute} \times 1.15078 \text{ miles/na