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)
The hummingbird will flap its wings times. skip to navigation
To find the number of times the hummingbird will flap its wings in 15 seconds, we need to convert the 15-second timeframe to minutes.
There are 60 seconds in a minute, so 15 seconds is equal to 15/60 = 0.25 minutes.
Since the hummingbird flaps its wings 5,000 times in a minute, the number of times it will flap its wings in 0.25 minutes is 5,000 * 0.25 = 1250 times.
Therefore, the hummingbird will flap its wings 1250 times in 15 seconds.
To find out how many times the hummingbird will flap its wings in 15 seconds, you need to convert the given rate from minutes to seconds and then multiply it by the given time.
First, we convert the rate from minutes to seconds:
5,000 flaps/minute * (1 minute / 60 seconds) = 83.33 flaps/second (rounded to two decimal places)
Next, we multiply the rate by the given time:
83.33 flaps/second * 15 seconds = 1,250 flaps
Therefore, the hummingbird will flap its wings 1,250 times in 15 seconds.
To calculate the number of times the hummingbird will flap its wings in 15 seconds, we need to convert the given rate from minutes to seconds.
Given:
Flapping rate when hovering in place: 5,000 times per minute.
First, let's convert the rate to flaps per second:
We know that there are 60 seconds in a minute. So, to convert the flapping rate from per minute to per second, we divide it by 60:
5,000 flaps per minute ÷ 60 seconds per minute = 83.33 flaps per second (rounding to two decimal places).
Now that we have the flapping rate per second, we can calculate the number of flaps in 15 seconds. We multiply the flapping rate per second by the duration in seconds:
83.33 flaps per second × 15 seconds = 1250 flaps.
Therefore, the hummingbird will flap its wings 1,250 times in 15 seconds.