Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Amanda on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 7:03pm.

In the human body, blood travels faster in the largest blood vessel, the aorta than in any other blood vessel. Given an average speed of 30 cm/s, how long would it take the blood to travel 5 cm?

Physics - Devron, Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 7:37pm
D=R*T, solve for T

D/R=T= (5cm/30cm/s)

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