SOLUTION: Hummingbirds beath their wings many times per second. Suppose a particular species wings beat 50 times per second, and it is active for 8 hours per day. How many times do the hummi

Question 974753: Hummingbirds beath their wings many times per second. Suppose a particular species wings beat 50 times per second, and it is active for 8 hours per day. How many times do the hummingbirds wings beat in a typical 365 day year. Show your calculation, and give your asnwer in scientific notation.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In terms of units only:
[ beats / sec ] x [ sec / min ] x [ min / hr ] x [ hrs / day ] x [ days / yr ] = [ beats / yr ]
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beats / yr

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