A hummingbird flaps its wings 5,000 times a minute when hovering in place. How many times will it flap its wing in 15 seconds?(1 point)
To find the number of times the hummingbird will flap its wings in 15 seconds, we need to convert the hummingbird's wing flaps per minute into flaps per second.
There are 60 seconds in a minute, so the hummingbird flaps its wings at a rate of 5000 flaps/minute = 5000 flaps/60 seconds ≈ 83.33 flaps/second.
Therefore, in 15 seconds, the hummingbird will flap its wings approximately 83.33 flaps/second * 15 seconds = 1250 flaps. Answer: \boxed{1250}.
To find the number of times the hummingbird will flap its wings in 15 seconds, we need to convert the rate from 1 minute to 1 second.
First, we find the number of flaps per second by dividing the given rate of 5,000 flaps per minute by 60 (seconds in a minute):
5,000 flaps per minute / 60 seconds per minute = 83.33 flaps per second (rounded to two decimal places)
Then, we multiply the flaps per second by the number of seconds in 15 seconds:
83.33 flaps per second * 15 seconds = 1,249.95 flaps (rounded to the nearest whole number)
Therefore, the hummingbird will flap its wings approximately 1,250 times in 15 seconds.
To find out how many times a hummingbird will flap its wings in 15 seconds, we need to convert the given information from minutes to seconds.
Given:
Flapping rate per minute = 5,000 times
Step 1: Convert minutes to seconds
Since there are 60 seconds in a minute, we can multiply the flapping rate per minute by 60 to get the flapping rate per second.
Flapping rate per second = 5,000 flaps/minute x (1 minute / 60 seconds)
Flapping rate per second = 5,000 flaps / 60 seconds
Flapping rate per second = 83.33 flaps/second (rounded to two decimal places)
Step 2: Calculate the number of flaps in 15 seconds
To find out how many times the hummingbird will flap its wings in 15 seconds, we can multiply the flapping rate per second by the given time.
Number of flaps in 15 seconds = 83.33 flaps/second x 15 seconds
Number of flaps in 15 seconds = 1249.95 flaps (rounded to two decimal places)
Therefore, a hummingbird will flap its wings approximately 1,249.95 times (rounded to two decimal places) in 15 seconds.