Question

One butterfly was shown to fly an average of 11.5 mph. About how many days will it take to make the trip not counting rest.

Trip Distance:2500 miles

Answer 1

9.06 Days

Explanation:

11.5 x 24 = 276

2500 / 276 = 9.06

Answer 2

Butterfly will need 9.0579 days of flying at speed of 11.5 miles per hour to cover distance of 2500 meters.

Solution:

Speed of butterfly = 11.5 miles per hour

Butterfly should complete a trip of distance = 2500 miles

Need to calculate number of days (without counting rest)

As time required =
`(distance)/(speed)`

Time required by butterfly in hours
`= (2500)/(11.5) = 217.3913 hours`

Now we need to convert number of hours in number of days

As 24 hours = 1 day

`\text { So } 1 \text { hour }= (1)/(24) days`

`\text { So } 217.3913 \text { hours }=(1)/(24) * 217.3913=9.0579`

So butterfly will need 9.0579 days of flying at speed of 11.5 miles per hour to cover distance of 2500 meters.