Question

Sloths climb through the canopy while hanging upside down. If it takes a sloth 10 minutes to climb 7.5 feet, what's its climbing speed in miles per hour?

Answer 1

0.00852 miles per hour

Explanation:

Given that:

Distance = 7.5 feets

Time taken = 10 minutes

Speed = distance / time taken

Speed = 7. 5 feets / 10 minutes = 0.75 feets / minutes

Converting to miles per hour :

0.75 feets / minute :

1 mile = 5280 feets

1 minute = 1/60 = 0.0166666 hour

0.75 feets / minute = (0.75/5280)mile / 0.0166666

= 0.0001420 / 0.0166666 mile per hour

= 0.0085200 miles per hour

= 0.00852 miles per hour