Question

The space shuttle travels at a speed of about 7.6times10^3 m/s. The blink of an astronaut's eye lasts about 110 ms. How many football fields (length=91.4 m) does the shuttle cover in the blink of an eye? The three-toed sloth is the slowest-moving land mammal. On the ground, the sloth moves at an average speed of 0.033 m/s, considerably slower than the giant tortoise have gone relative to the sloth? Do not put units in your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

It covers distance of 9.15 football fields in the said time.

Explanation:

We know that

$Distance=Speed\times Time$

Thus distance covered in blinking of eye =

$Distance=7.6\times 10^{3}m/s\times 110\times 10^{-3}s\\\\Distance=836 meters$

Thus no of football fields=$\frac{936}{91.4}=9.15Fields$