I'm going to a town about a hundred kilometers away. While travelling in a bus, cruising at a speed of 50-60 miles per hour, I observed a fly inside the bus that went to the front chair flying back and forth for several times. When we reach our destination, how far does the fly travelled?
2006-10-10 01:09:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
I'd say about 100 kms.
2006-10-10 01:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by sabrina_at_tc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree some info is missing the bus might very well have gone 100 hundred kilometers but I believe the question was how far did the fly travel? With out know the distance between the bus seats you can assume the fly traveled the 100 km that the bus did but with out the other info its impossible to show how far the fly traveled overall.
2006-10-10 08:23:22 · answer #2 · answered by youngbuckoldsoul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to tell. Sure you can figure how fast was the bus; however, you can't tell how far does the fly travel since you don't have any idea about the speed of the fly at all.
2006-10-10 08:19:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you cannot answer this, because you have not said the speed that the fly is moving.
You also seem to have mixed up your units, confusingly.
However, if you know the speed of the fly this is what you should do:
100Km/speed of bus = time taken for journey
Time taken x Speed of fly = distance fly travels.
NOTE: You do not need to know the distance between the two points that the fly moves between.
2006-10-10 08:15:00 · answer #4 · answered by Stuart T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100 km only, no more no less.
That is if you are talking about displacement only. If it's distance, it might be possible that the fly flew more than 100 km, that is if the fly didn't stall in the air to let the bus catch up with it, giving the appearance that it flew to the back of the bus when in fact it is stationary relative to the outside of the bus.
2006-10-10 08:20:55 · answer #5 · answered by lkraie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fly has traveled:
the distance the bus has traveled
plus
the distance the fly has traveled while in the bus during the trip:
100km +
(speed of fly) * (time of trip)
time of trip = distance (100km) / speed (50-60 mph)
the only unknown in this problem is the speed of a fly
2006-10-10 08:23:31 · answer #6 · answered by michaell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can we answer this?.... the question is:
Can you ask this?
"How far does the fly travelled?"???
What language is that?
The answer is:
Bug fly swat bus 100 kilometer reach destination.
2006-10-10 08:15:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
100 kms.
2006-10-10 08:16:09 · answer #8 · answered by coolray44 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long was the bus?
2006-10-10 08:18:20 · answer #9 · answered by Carlton73 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
disatnce travelled is infinite
and displacemaent is 100kms
2006-10-10 08:32:04 · answer #10 · answered by purushotham s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋