How do you solve this problem. a bat flying at 3.7m/s spots an insect 23.8 meters away. how much must the bat increase its speed to reach the bug in 1.8 seconds.

Here's how I would do it:

How far does he have to go to catch the bug ?  23.8 meters

How soon does he want to get there ?  1.8 seconds

What speed does he need ?  (23.8 m) / (1.8 sec) = 13.222 m/sec

What speed is he flying now?    3.7m/s

How much does he need to increase it ?  (13.222 - 3.7) =  9.5 m/s faster

Iread this book last year so take this with a grain of salt.gene jumps from the tree to compete with finny due to the fact that gene is always trying to do better than finny. he is put under the grasp of peer pressure due to finny almost forcing him to do this. ever since he first jumped finny kept pressuring him to jump since he thought gene enjoyed jumping.rather than uses this answer you should probably just reread chapters 3-4

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