Blue to gray in color and reaching up to 10 feet (3.05 meters) in length and 220 pounds (99.8 kilograms) in weight, the sailfish is considered the fastest marine creature. These streamlined beasts have been clocked at 68 miles per hour (30.4 meters per second). How far does the sailfish travel in 2 minutes?

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Darnell Tanner

4 May, 02:57

Blue to gray in color and reaching up to 10 feet (3.05 meters) in length and 220 pounds (99.8 kilograms) in weight, the sailfish is considered the fastest marine creature. These streamlined beasts have been clocked at 68 miles per hour (30.4 meters per second). How far does the sailfish travel in 2 minutes?

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Kara Hicks · Answer 1

the distance traveled by the fish is 3648 m

Explanation:

In general, animals have a small period of acceleration, which we will despise after which they travel at a constant speed so we can use the kinematic equations in uniform motion

We reduce the units to System SI

t = 2 min (60s / 1 min) = 120 s

Calculate

V = x / t

x = V t

x = 30.4 120

x = 3648 m

This is the distance traveled by the fish