APPLICATION: Bald Eagles
The bald eagle can fly at speeds up to 30 miles
per hour and dive at speeds up to 100 miles per hour.
Think & Discuss
1. Use the formula d rt to find the distance a bald
eagle can fly for the given flying rate and time.
Flying rate
(miles per hour)
Time
(hours)
Distance
(miles)
30
1
?
30
1
2
?
30
1
6
?
Convert the flying time from hours to minutes.
2. 1 hour ? minutes
1
3. hour ? minutes
2
1
4. hour ? minutes
6
5. How many minutes will it take an eagle flying at a
rate of 30 miles per hour to fly 1 mile?
Learn More About It
INT
You will solve equations to find flying rates of bald
eagles in Exercises 40 and 41 on p. 181.
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