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Nerve signal speedRunning
Nerve relay. Conduction time at 0.0552 s. Distance covered 3.86 m, Nerve path 1.4 m. Currently distance covered is over by 2.464 m.TUNINGMYELINATED AXON0.0552 S3.86 m
t = 0.0s

Distance covered

3.86m

Nerve path

1.4m

0.0552 s

Nerve relay. Conduction time at 0.0552 s. Distance covered 3.86 m, Nerve path 1.4 m. Currently distance covered is over by 2.464 m.

What has to balancet=dvt = \frac{d}{v}

What is happening

You are called to a sports lab measuring how fast a sprinter reacts to the gun.

The reaction budget logged for the conduction step is wrong. The nerve path from ear to leg runs 1.4 m, and signals travel it at 70 m/s.