A lizard is blown out to sea during a hurricane. This type of storm occurs very

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A lizard is blown out to sea during a hurricane. This type of storm occurs very infrequently—on average once every 100 years. The lizard washes up on the beach of a small island. The lizard finds some beetles on the beach. This Question #12: The lizard can get an average of about 20 calories from consuming a beetle. It takes the lizard 10 calories a minute to chase and catch beetles. What is the maximum amount of time that the lizard can spend catching each beetle and still survive? 2 minutes 6 minutes 10 minutes 20 minutes

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Answer - 2 minutes

10 calories / minute is used to catch the beetle. So, 2 minutes used to catch the beetle uses 20 calories. It gets 20 calories from consuming a beetle.

So, maximum amount of time that the lizard can spend catching each beetle is 2 minutes.

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