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suppose that a butterfly can fly 82 feet in 4 seconds. a dragonfly can fly 50 feet in 2 second. which can fly faster and by how much?

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the average speed of butterfly is 20.5 ft/s

(82)/(4) = 20.5

the average speed of dragonfly is 25ft/s

(50)/(2) = 25

so the difference is

25 - 20.5 = 4.5
the dragonfly can fly faster 4.5 ft more in a second.

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User Pavan Jaju
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The dragonfly can fly faster by 4.5 feet per second

The butterfly's speed is 20.5 feet per second
The dragonfly's speed is 25 feet per second

User Abdoulaye BARRY
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