{"id":"cb_question_bank:059e52e3-2472-4590-a4fa-a4bdcb3f550b","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"059e52e3-2472-4590-a4fa-a4bdcb3f550b","external_id":null,"ibn":"019681-DC","question_id":"d28c29e1","program":"SAT","module":"math","domain_code":"Q","domain":"Problem-Solving and Data Analysis","skill_code":"Q.A.","skill":"Ratios, rates, proportional relationships, and units","difficulty":"M","score_band":4,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"The International Space Station orbits Earth at an average speed of 4.76 miles per second. What is the space station’s average speed in miles per hour ?","stimulus":"","stimulus_html":null,"stem_html":"<p class=\"stem_paragraph \">The International Space Station orbits Earth at an average speed of 4.76 miles per second. What is the space station’s average speed in miles per <span class=\"underline\"><span class=\"formatted_text text_decoration:underline \">hour</span></span>?</p>\n","rationale_html":"<p>Choice D is correct. Since 1 minute = 60 seconds and 1 hour = 60 minutes, it follows that 1 hour = (60)(60), or 3,600 seconds. Using this conversion factor, the space station’s average speed of 4.76 miles per second is equal to an average speed of <span class=\"math-container\"><img align=\"middle\" role=\"math\" class=\"math-img\" src=\"/api/assets/9e37ee262fd8f310046faf944017acc3fe47b56bdf64e4e3fc623339d0c2d729\" alt=\"the fraction with numerator 4 point 7 6 miles, and denominator second, times, the fraction with numerator 3,600 seconds, and denominator hour, equals, the fraction with numerator 17,136 miles, and denominator hour\"></span>, or 17,136 miles per hour.</p><p>Choice A is incorrect. This is the space station’s average speed in miles per minute. Choice B is incorrect. This is double the space station’s average speed in miles per minute, or the number of miles the space station travels on average in 2 minutes. Choice C is incorrect. This is triple the space station’s average speed in miles per minute, or the number of miles the space station travels on average in 3 minutes.&nbsp;</p><p></p>\n","correct_answer":["D"],"has_media":true,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.616000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.616000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">285.6</p>\n","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">571.2</p>\n","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">856.8</p>\n","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">17,136.0</p>\n","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}