To find out how many times a hummingbird will flap its wings in 15 seconds, we first need to determine how many flaps occur in one second based on the information provided.
-
The hummingbird flaps its wings 5,000 times in one minute.
-
Since one minute is 60 seconds, we can calculate the number of flaps per second:
\[ \text{Flaps per second} = \frac{5000 \text{ flaps}}{60 \text{ seconds}} \approx 83.33 \text{ flaps/second} \]
-
Now, multiply the flaps per second by 15 seconds:
\[ \text{Total flaps in 15 seconds} = 83.33 \text{ flaps/second} \times 15 \text{ seconds} \approx 1250 \text{ flaps} \]
Therefore, the hummingbird will flap its wings approximately 1250 times in 15 seconds.