THE FASTEST MOVING INSECT IS THE LARGE TROPICAL COCHROACH. IT SCURRIES AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 2.3 FEET PER SECOND. NOW WRITE AN EQUATION THAT REPRESENTS HOW MANY MILES A ROACH CAN TRAVEL IN 1.5 HOURS

Answer 1

2.3 feet/sec
= 8280 ft/hour , there are 3600 seconds in 1 hour
= 1.568 mi/hr , there are 5280 feet in 1 mile

so in 1.5 hrs, it went 1.568 x 1.5 or 2.35 miles

Answer 2

Tell your teacher that there are flying insects that "move" much faster than that. The deer botfly has been clocked at 50 miles per hour.