miles per hour to Mach number
Please provide values below to convert miles per hour [mph] to Mach number [Mach], or change ↔.
miles per hour [mph]
Definition: Miles per hour (mph) is a unit of speed, representing the number of miles traveled in one hour.
Historyandorigin: It is primarily used in the United States and the United Kingdom, where the imperial system is still commonly used.
CurrentUse: It is commonly used in road traffic and transportation, particularly for cars, airplanes, and speed limits in the US.
funfact: The speed of sound at sea level is about 761 mph!
Mach number [Mach]
Definition: The Mach number is a dimensionless unit that measures the speed of an object relative to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium.
Historyandorigin: Named after physicist Ernst Mach, it is used to describe the speed of objects in air and other gases, particularly in aviation and space travel.
CurrentUse: It is widely used in aerospace engineering to describe the velocity of aircraft, spacecraft, and other objects moving at high speeds.
funfact: A Mach number of 1 means an object is traveling at the speed of sound, while Mach 2 means it's traveling at twice the speed of sound!
miles per hour [mph] to Mach number [Mach] Conversion Table
| 1 miles per hour [mph] | 0.0013033238 Mach number [Mach] |
| 2 miles per hour [mph] | 0.0026066476 Mach number [Mach] |
| 3 miles per hour [mph] | 0.0039099714 Mach number [Mach] |
| 5 miles per hour [mph] | 0.0065166189 Mach number [Mach] |
| 10 miles per hour [mph] | 0.0130332379 Mach number [Mach] |
| 50 miles per hour [mph] | 0.0651661894 Mach number [Mach] |
| 100 miles per hour [mph] | 0.1303323788 Mach number [Mach] |
| 1000 miles per hour [mph] | 1.3033237875 Mach number [Mach] |
| 10000 miles per hour [mph] | 13.033237875 Mach number [Mach] |
| 100000 miles per hour [mph] | 130.33237875 Mach number [Mach] |
| 1000000 miles per hour [mph] | 1303.3237875 Mach number [Mach] |
How to Convert miles per hour to Mach number
1 miles per hour [mph] = 0.0013033238 Mach number [Mach]
1 Mach number [Mach] = 767.2690467 miles per hour [mph]
we use cross multiplication method
miles per hour [mph] → Mach number [Mach]
1 → 0.0013033238
1.5 → ?( suppose x)
=>1.5*0.0013033238=1*x
by simplifying
x=0.0019549857