You step onto a hot beach with your bare feet. A nerve impulse, generated in you

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You step onto a hot beach with your bare feet. A nerve impulse, generated in your foot, travels through your nervous system at an average speed of 194 m/s. How much time does it take for the impulse, which travels a distance of 1.49 m, to your brain? I need this answer in the correct amount significant figures and units. You step onto a hot beach with your bare feet. A nerve impulse, generated in your foot, travels through your nervous system at an average speed of 194 m/s. How much time does it take for the impulse, which travels a distance of 1.49 m, to your brain? I need this answer in the correct amount significant figures and units.

Explanation / Answer

Here ,

distance , d = 1.49 m

speed , v = 194 m/s

as time taken = distance/speed

time taken = 1.49/194

time taken = 7.68 *10^-3 s

the time taken to reach impulse to brain is 7.68 *10^-3 s

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