To determine how long it would take for a three-toed sloth to travel 1.2 kilometers (1200 meters) at a speed of 2.4 meters per minute, you can use the formula:
\[ \text{Time} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Speed}} \]
Substituting the values:
- Distance = 1200 meters
- Speed = 2.4 meters per minute
Now, calculating the time:
\[ \text{Time} = \frac{1200 \text{ m}}{2.4 \text{ m/min}} = 500 \text{ minutes} \]
Therefore, it would take the three-toed sloth 500 minutes to travel 1.2 kilometers. If you want to express this in hours, you can convert minutes to hours:
\[ 500 \text{ minutes} \div 60 \text{ minutes/hour} \approx 8.33 \text{ hours} \]
So, the sloth would take approximately 8.33 hours to travel 1.2 kilometers.