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Need help with a physics problem?

. A volcanologist noted that a lava rushed down a mountain at 32.2 kilometers per hour, south. How far did the mud flow in 17.5 minutes?

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  • 7 years ago

    The Answer is 9.39 kilometer. To find out the distance S=V*T . You already the values 32.2/60=0.53km per minute (s)speed *(T)17.5 =9.39

  • Glipp
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Zero. The Lava flowed, Not the mud

  • oubaas
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    V = 32.2 km/h = 32.2/60 = 0.536667 km/min

    D = V*t = 0.536667*17.5 = 9.392 km = 9392 m

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