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You have a favorite bird in your neighborhood. It takes the bird 9 minutes to get from one end of the neighborhood to the other. The bird recently migrated north, and you noted that it could travel 60 miles over the course of 4 hours. Assume that the bird keeps a steady speed while flying. Calculate the distance (in units of feet) it takes for a bird to fly from one end of a neighborhood to the other.

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          You have a favorite bird in your neighborhood. It takes the bird 9 
minutes to get from one end of the neighborhood to the other. The bird recently migrated 
north, and you noted that it could travel 60 miles over the course of 4 hours. Assume that 
the bird keeps a steady speed while flying. Calculate the distance (in units of feet) it takes 
for a bird to fly from one end of a neighborhood to the other.

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University Physics with Modern Physics

Hugh D. Young 14th Edition

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Solved by Expert Sachin Rao

12/11/2020

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To do this, we use the information that the bird can travel 60 miles over the course of 4 hours. So, the bird's speed is: \[ \text{Speed} = \frac{60 \text{ miles}}{4 \text{ hours}} = 15 \text{ miles per hour} \] Show more…

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You have a favorite bird in your neighborhood. It takes the bird 9 minutes to get from one end of the neighborhood to the other. The bird recently migrated north, and you noted that it could travel 60 miles over the course of 4 hours. Assume that the bird keeps a steady speed while flying. Calculate the distance (in units of feet) it takes for a bird to fly from one end of a neighborhood to the other.