Question

A bird flies 42 mph across a lake. If the lake is 3 miles across, find the time the bird took in a) seconds b) minutes and c) hours.

Answer 1

time taken by the bird is \[t=\frac{ D }{ v } \]

Answer 2

convert 42 mph in mps for that you can use this relation
42 miles --- 1 hour ---60 minutes ---60*60 seconds
42 miles --- 3600 seconds
in 3600 seconds -- 42 miles
therefore
in 1 second
it will be \[\frac{ 42 }{ 3600 } miles= 0.011 miles\] therefore your mps is = 0.011 miles per second

Answer 3

now time t is \[t= \frac{ 3 }{ 0.011 }=272 s\]

Answer 4

for minutes just divide 272 by 60 , because in each minute there are 60 seconds
so 272/60= 4.533 minutes and in hours just divide 4.533 by 60 again so it will be 0.0755 hours , hope that helps you :D

Answer 5

yep it did! thanks alot!

Answer 6

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