A hummingbird flaps its wings 5,000 times a minute when hovering in place. How many times will it flap its wing in 15 seconds?(1 point)

Question

The hummingbird will flap its wings
times.
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Answer 1

To find out how many times a hummingbird flaps its wings in 15 seconds, we can use the given rate of 5,000 flaps per minute.

First, we need to convert minutes into seconds since the problem asks for flaps in 15 seconds.

1 minute = 60 seconds.

So, if a hummingbird flaps its wings 5,000 times in 60 seconds, we can find the number of flaps per second:

\[ \text{Flaps per second} = \frac{5000 \text{ flaps}}{60 \text{ seconds}} \approx 83.33 \text{ flaps per second} \]

Now, we can calculate the number of flaps in 15 seconds:

\[ \text{Number of flaps in 15 seconds} = 83.33 \text{ flaps/second} \times 15 \text{ seconds} \approx 1250 \text{ flaps} \]

Therefore, the hummingbird will flap its wings approximately 1,250 times in 15 seconds.