Convert mile/hour to mile/minute
Please provide values below to convert mile/hour [mi/h] to mile/minute [mi/min], or Convert mile/minute to mile/hour.
How to Convert Mile/hour to Mile/minute
1 mi/h = 0.0166666666666667 mi/min
Example: convert 15 mi/h to mi/min:
15 mi/h = 15 × 0.0166666666666667 mi/min = 0.25 mi/min
Mile/hour to Mile/minute Conversion Table
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Mile/hour
Mile per hour (mi/h) is a unit of speed representing the number of miles traveled in one hour.
History/Origin
The mile per hour has been used primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom for measuring speed, especially in transportation, since the adoption of the imperial system. Its usage dates back to the widespread use of miles as a distance measure before metric standardization.
Current Use
Today, mi/h is commonly used in the United States and some other countries to express vehicle speeds, speed limits, and other transportation-related velocities. It remains a standard unit in contexts where the imperial system is prevalent.
Mile/minute
A unit of speed representing the number of miles traveled per minute.
History/Origin
The mile per minute has been used historically in contexts such as aviation and transportation to measure rapid speeds before the widespread adoption of metric units and modern speed measurements like miles per hour or meters per second.
Current Use
Currently, mile per minute is rarely used in everyday contexts but may appear in specialized fields such as aviation, military, or scientific calculations where high-speed measurements are relevant.