AN ARCTIC TERN FLEW 11,000 MILES IN 115 DAYS. HOW MANY FEET PER MINUTE DID THE BIRD AVERAGE?
I think this is how you do it - 5280 frt = 1 mile. 1 day = 24 hours/1 hour = 60 minutes. So i would use dimensional analysis, so you start with something that looks like a table and you fill in the answers using what you know from above. so it would be
11000miles 5280ft 1day 1hour
115day 1mile 24hrs 60 min
the units cwould cross out so you are left with the units of feet and min what you need! then you take the numbers you have you take all of the number on top times each other so 1100*5280*1*1 and you take that divided by the numbers on the bottom 115*1*24*60 and that will give you get 350.725 ft per minute!
To find the average number of feet per minute that the Arctic Tern flew, we need to convert miles to feet and days to minutes, and then divide the total distance by the total time.
First, we need to convert 11,000 miles to feet. Since 1 mile is equal to 5,280 feet, we can calculate:
11,000 miles * 5,280 feet/mile = 58,080,000 feet
Next, let's convert 115 days to minutes. Since there are 24 hours in a day and 60 minutes in an hour, we can calculate:
115 days * 24 hours/day * 60 minutes/hour = 165,600 minutes
Now, we can divide the total distance (58,080,000 feet) by the total time (165,600 minutes) to find the average number of feet per minute:
58,080,000 feet / 165,600 minutes = 351.68 feet per minute
Therefore, the Arctic Tern averaged approximately 351.68 feet per minute during its flight.