The speed of blood in capillaries is 1mm/min how will it be converted into m /sec?

1 Answer
Dec 29, 2017

#0.000016667# m/sec or #1.6667xx10^-5#m/sec

Explanation:

Given speed of blood = #1#mm/min
To convert this speed to #m/sec# we need to convert #mm# to #m# and #min# to # sec#

The relationship between m and mm is #1m# = #1000mm#
therefore, #1mm# = #1/1000 m# = #0.001m#...........(A)

Now, for time, #1min# = #60 sec#.........................(B)

So, #1#mm/min can be written as:

#(0.001m)/(60sec)# (By using values from A & B)

which is, #0.000016667#m/sec and it can be also written as:
#1.6667xx10^-5# m/sec