Question

it takes a slug 20 minutes to travel from the grass to the trash can, a trip of 15 meters. how far could the slug travel in 60 minutes? a sky diver jumps out of a plane and reaches terminal velocity at 91 meters per second. how far will she fall in 35 seconds? a plane flies from ny to la at a constant speed of 800 km/hr. how long will it take the plane to fly the 4200 km? a fish is swimming around the 720 - meter perimeter of her pond. if she swims 10 laps in 120 minutes, what is her average speed in m/min? a bird on a long migration flies 63 kilometers per hour for 2900 kilometers. how long does he fly? if a comet flies at 50,000 km/hr for 4 hours, how far has it traveled? a bat is sitting in a tree. he leaves the tree and flies up to a speed of

Explanation:

Step1: Recall speed - distance - time formula

The formula is $d = vt$ (distance = speed×time), $v=\frac{d}{t}$ (speed = distance/time), $t=\frac{d}{v}$ (time = distance/speed).

Step2: Solve for the slug's distance

Given the slug takes 20 minutes to travel 15 meters, first find the speed of the slug. $v=\frac{15}{20}= 0.75$ m/min. In 60 minutes, using $d = vt$, $d=0.75\times60 = 45$ meters.

Step3: Solve for the fish's average speed

The fish swims around a 720 - meter perimeter pond. She swims 10 laps, so the total distance $d = 10\times720=7200$ meters. Time $t = 120$ minutes. Using $v=\frac{d}{t}$, $v=\frac{7200}{120}=60$ m/min.

Step4: Solve for the bird's distance

The bird flies at a speed of 63 kilometers per hour for some time. But the time is not given for this part in the problem - seems to be an error. Assuming it's a complete problem, if we had the time $t$ in hours, we would use $d = vt$.

Step5: Solve for the comet's distance

The comet flies at a speed $v = 50000$ km/h for $t = 4$ hours. Using $d=vt$, $d = 50000\times4=200000$ km.

Step6: Solve for the plane's time

The plane flies from NY to LA, a distance $d = 4200$ km at a speed $v = 800$ km/h. Using $t=\frac{d}{v}$, $t=\frac{4200}{800}=5.25$ hours.

Step7: Solve for the skydiver's distance

The skydiver has a velocity $v = 91$ meters per second and the time $t = 35$ seconds. Using $d = vt$, $d=91\times35 = 3185$ meters.

Answer:

• The slug can travel 45 meters in 60 minutes.
• The fish's average speed is 60 m/min.
• (Bird's distance cannot be calculated without time information).
• The comet has traveled 200000 km.
• The plane will take 5.25 hours to fly 4200 km.
• The skydiver will fall 3185 meters in 35 seconds.