SOLUTION: For most flying creatures, the length of the wing varies inversely as the number of wingbeats per second. A dragonfly has a winglength of 1.6 inches and a wingspeed of 45 times pe

Question 587424: For most flying creatures, the length of the wing varies inversely as the number of wingbeats per second. A dragonfly has a winglength of 1.6 inches and a wingspeed of 45 times per second. If a bee has a wingspeed of 200 beats per second, what is the length of a bee's wing?
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For most flying creatures, the length of the wing varies inversely as the number of wingbeats per second.
A dragonfly has a winglength of 1.6 inches and a wingspeed of 45 times per second.
If a bee has a wingspeed of 200 beats per second, what is the length of a bee's wing?
:
= ; varies inversely
Cross multiply
200b = 1.6 * 45
200b = 72
b =
b = .36 inch is the bee's wing
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