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A trip through space to calculate distance - Heather Tunnell

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Imagine two aliens racing across outer space to their moon. Who can we deem the fastest alien? With DIRT -- or the equation Distance = Rate x Time -- we can calculate their rates, using the distance they traveled and the time they took. Heather Tunnell explains how to use this helpful equation to determine which of our alien friends is truly faster.

If you had to drive to work 26 miles away and the speed limit was 35 miles per hour, about how many minutes would it take you to get to work?

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  • Educator Heather Tunnell
  • Director Tony Clarke
  • Animator Ricky Earl, Rob Thomson, James Hing
  • Narrator Michelle Snow

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