Question

A bee flies at 20 feet per second directly to a flower bed from its hive. The bee stays at the flower bed for 15 minutes, and then flies directly back to the hive at 12 feet per second. It is away from the hive for a total of 17 minutes. a. What equation can you use to find the distance of the flower bed from the hive? b. How far away is the flower bed from the hive?

Answer 1

a. Speed of flight * ( total spent away from hive - time stayed on flower bed)

b. The flower bed is 2,400 ft from the hive

Explanation:

a. Mathematically, the distance will be ;

the speed * time taken

Given that he stays a total of 17 minutes away from the hive and he stayed 15 minutes in the flower bed, the time it used on the flower bed will be 17 minutes - 15 minutes = 2 minutes

So the distance from the flower bed to the hive is;

Speed of flight * ( total spent away from hive - time stayed on flower bed)

b. We want to find the distance of the flower bed from the hive

That will be;

20 ft per second * 2 minutes (120 seconds)

= 20 * 120 = 2,400 ft