Question

the worlds slowest mammal is the sloth. it peaks out at 0.24 km per hour. find the sloths speed if it travels 12.0 meters in 14 secounds

Answer 1

If it travels 12.0 meters in 14 seconds we will have the following:

$\frac{12}{14}=\frac{6}{7}\approx0.86$

So, it moves approximately 0.86 meters per second; now, we transform units to kilometers and hours:

$\frac{6}{7}\cdot\frac{1}{1000}\cdot\frac{3600}{1}=\frac{108}{35}\approx3.09$

So, it moved at approximately 3.09 kilometers per hour.

***

The reason for this multiplication is the following:

We have 6/7 meters/second, we then multiply 1km/1000m and multiply 3600s/1 hour. [Those are the respective conversion factors for the specific distance and time respectively]