You step onto a hot beach with your bare feet. A nerve impulse, generated in your foot, travels through your nervous system at an average speed of 152 m/s. How much time does it take for the impulse, which travels a distance of 1.65 m, to reach your brain?

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D=VT
T = D/V
T = 1.65m/152 m/s
T = 0.0109 s

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You step onto a hot beach with your bare feet. A nerve impulse, generated in your foot, travels through your nervous system at an average speed of 152 m/s. How much time does it take for the impulse, which travels a distance of 1.65 m, to reach your brain?

1 answer

D=VT
T = D/V
T = 1.65m/152 m/s
T = 0.0109 s

Instantaneous · Answer

D=VT T = D/V T = 1.65m/152 m/s T = 0.0109 s