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Which of the following best represents the speed of a banana slug?

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105 meters per second
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User Noris
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Answer:

A.) 2 × 10-5 meters per second

Explanation:

The options for this question are

A.) 2 × 10-5 meters per second

B.) 2 × 10-5 kilometers per second

C.) 2 × 105 kilometers per second

D.) 2 × 105 meters per second

The banana slug is the slowest creature on Earth. It can move 6.5 feet in 2 hours, which gives an speed of


s=(6.5ft)/(2hr)=3.25 (ft)/(hr)(1hr)/(3600sec) (0.30m)/(1ft)=0.000270m/s

Which is around 2 × 10-4 meters per second.

Therefore, the right answer is A, because is the nearest estimation to our result. Moreover, it doesn't make sense option B, because is expressed in kilometers.

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