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Suppose that a butterfly can fly 82 feet in 4 seconds. A dragonfly can fly 50 feet in 2 seconds. Which can fly faster and by how much?

Suppose that a butterfly can fly 82 feet in 4 seconds. A dragonfly can fly 50 feet in 2 seconds. Which can fly faster and by how much?
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Suppose that a butterfly can fly 82 feet in 4 seconds. A dragonfly can fly 50 feet in 2 seconds. Which can fly faster and by how much?

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Dragonfly. By18 seconds.


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If a butterfly flies 82 feets in 4 seconds, it will fly 41 feet in 2 seconds. A dragonfly flies 50 feet in 2 seconds, so that makes it faster than the butterfly by 9 feet per 2 seconds, or 4.5 feet per second.  
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