Question

Velocity calculation

V= d/t

A bird is flying 1,800 miles south of Georgia. What is the bird’s velocity if it takes 40 minutes to cover the distance?

Question 13 options:

45 m/sec


35 m/sec


45 m/min


35 m/min

Answer 1

Answer choice: [C]:
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V = d / t = 1800 mi / 40 min = 180 mi / 40 min = 45 mi / min .

Which very well could be "Answer choice: [C]: 45 m/min" ; except, this answer choice may have been written incorrectly—and should read:
"45 m/min."
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Now, notice that all the answer choices given are in "meters" per (unit time—seconds or mins.

So, we need to convert:

45 mi. to "meters", or "m".
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Note the following conversions:
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1 mi. = 1750 yd
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3 ft. = 1 yd.
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1 m = 3.2 ft.
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So, 1 mi. = ? m ;
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1 mi * ( 1760 yd/ mi) * (3 ft / 1 yd) * ( 1m / 3.2 ft) = _?_ m ?
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On the "left hand side" , the units of "mi", "yd", and "ft" ; cancel to "1" ;
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and we are left with:
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[(1760 * 3)] / [(3)*(3.2)] m = (5280 / 9.6) m = 550 m .
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So, we have: 550 m / min ; which match NONE of the answer choices.

However, it is possible that choices A or B, which are given in "m/sec" (meters per second); are among the correct choices.
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So, we convert: 550 m / min to: "m / sec " ;
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( 550 m/ min)*(1 min/ 60 sec) = (550/60) m/sec = (55/6) m/ sec
= 9 1/6 m / sec .
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which is: None of the above.
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Unless the answer choices were written incorrectly.