document.write( "Question 1039089: I am not sure it must be under this category, as I don't know the solution:\r
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document.write( "A research team of students in the Physics department of University of South Carolina has been watching the movement of a flea for 60 minutes without interruption.
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document.write( "Each student continuously watched the movement for exactly one minute and during this time, each of them saw the flea move by 1 meter during his 1-minute observation. What is the minimum and maximum distance which the flea could have moved during the 60 minutes of observation? (distance, not displacement)\r
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document.write( "I believe the source of this problem is the Kvant magazine. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #653825 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There are 60 minutes in 60 minutes and the flea moved 1 meter each of those minutes. So the distance moved, the maximum distance moved, and the minimum distance moved are all the same.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it \n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " |