Question

The three-toed sloth is the slowest moving land mammal. On the ground, the sloth moves at an average speed of 0.037 m/s, considerably slower m/s? than the giant tortoise, which walks at 0.076 m/s. – After 12 minutes of walking, how much further would the tortoise have gone relative to the sloth

Answer 1

The tortoise would have gone 28.08 m further than the sloth after 12 minutes of walking.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how much further the tortoise would have gone relative to the sloth after 12 minutes of walking, we need to calculate the distance traveled by each animal. The sloth moves at an average speed of 0.037 m/s, so in 12 minutes, it would have traveled:

Distance = Speed x Time = 0.037 m/s x 12 min x 60 s/min = 26.64 m

The tortoise walks at a speed of 0.076 m/s, so in 12 minutes, it would have traveled:

Distance = Speed x Time = 0.076 m/s x 12 min x 60 s/min = 54.72 m

Therefore, the tortoise would have gone 54.72 m - 26.64 m = 28.08 m further than the sloth.

Answer 2

tortoise distance w.r.t sloth is 28.08 m further

Step-by-step explanation:

given data

average speed v1 = 0.037 m/s

walking speed v2 = 0.076 m/s

time t = 12 min = 720 seconds

to find out

how much tortoise have gone wrt sloth

solution

we find here first tortoise walk that is

distance d1 = v2 × t

distance d1 = 0.076 × 720

distance d1 = 54.72 m

and sloth walk distance

distance d2 = v1 × t

distance d2 = 0.037 × 720

distance d2 = 26.64 m

and so

tortoise distance w.r.t sloth = d1 - d2

tortoise distance w.r.t sloth = 54.72 - 26.64 = 28.08

tortoise distance w.r.t sloth is 28.08 m further