Miles per hour

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This article is about miles per hour. For other meanings of MPH, see Master of Public Health or Metroid Prime: Hunters.

Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. The common abbreviation in everyday use is mph, although mi/h, using the SI method of expressing derived units, is sometimes used, especially in the United States. The preferred SI unit for velocity is m·s^-1, although km·h^-1 is often used as a replacement for mph.

Conversions

1 mph is equal to:

• [[google:{{{1|1}}} mi (Template:Round} * 1.609344}}}} km)/3600|0.44704]] m·s^-1, the SI derived unit
• [[google:{{{1|1}}} mi (Template:Round} * 1.609344}}}} km)/1000|1.609344]] km·h^-1
• 22/15 =[[google:{{{1|1}}} mi (Template:Round} * 1.609344}}}} km)/Template:Foot/3600|1.4667]] feet per second
• approx. 0.868976 knots

Miles per hour is the unit used for speed limits on roads in the U.S., Britain and various other nations including overseas territories.

See also

• Orders of magnitude (speed)bg:Миля в час

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