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When diving, a hummingbird can reach a speed of 40 miles per hour. What is this speed in feet per second? Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary

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A hummingbird can reach a speed of 58.67 feet per second.
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Answer:

Hummingbird can reach a speed of 58.67 ft/sec.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

A hummingbird can reach a speed of 40 miles per hour.

This can be written as:

40 miles = 1 hour

40 miles = 3600 second

40/3600 miles = 1 second .....(1)

Hummingbird can reach a speed of 2/3 miles per second.

As we know 1 mile = 5280 feet

Multiply both side by 40/3600

40/3600 miles = 5280 × 40/3600 feet

40/3600 miles = 58.67 feet .......(2)

From 1 and 2 we can concluded.

58.67 feet = 1 second

Hence, hummingbird can reach a speed of 58.67 ft/sec.

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