Question

A bug walking on the circular rim of a flower

pot completes one lap around the planter in
14.73 s.
If the radius of the planter is 14.4 cm, how
fast was it traveling?
Answer in units of cm/s.

Answer 1

The bug's speed around the flower pot, with a radius of 14.4 cm, is approximately 6.14 cm/s. This was determined by first calculating the circumference of the pot and then dividing by the time it took for the bug to complete one lap.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the speed at which the bug was traveling, we must first calculate the circumference of the flower pot it was walking on and then divide it by the time it took for the bug to complete one lap. The formula for the circumference of a circle is C = 2πr, where r is the radius of the circle. For a radius of 14.4 cm, the circumference C is calculated as follows:

C = 2 * π * 14.4 cm = 2 * 3.14159265 * 14.4 cm ≈ 90.504 cm.

Now that we have the circumference, which represents the distance the bug traveled in one lap, we divide it by the time taken to perform the calculation of speed:

Speed = Distance / Time = 90.504 cm / 14.73 s ≈ 6.14 cm/s.

Therefore, the speed at which the bug was traveling is approximately 6.14 cm/s.

Answer 2

I think you have to multiply or divide, I don't remember