The ruby-throated hummingbird has a wing beat of about 200 beats per second. About how many wing beats would a hummingbird have in 3 minutes?

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Roella W.
May 18, 2016

36,000 beats. This can also be written as 3.6⋅104 beats

Explanation:

The key to this is working out how many seconds there are in 3 minutes.
As there are 60 seconds in a minute, 3 minutes is 3⋅60=180 seconds.

The hummingbird has #200 beats per second.

In 3 minutes there will be 200⋅180=36000 beats

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