The slowest mammal on Earth is the sloth. A sloth might move along a tree at a maximum rate of just 3 ^-1m each minute. At this rate, how long will it take a sloth to climb a tree that is 33 m tall?

Answer 1

3^-1 m/min = (1/3) m/min

so time = distance/rate = 33/(1/3) = 99 minutes

Answer 2

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