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How Long Will It Take for an Action Potential to Reach

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How long will it take for an action potential to reach the spinal cord if a receptor neuron's skin receptors were in the toe? Assume that action potentials travel at a rate of 80 m/s and that the distance to be travelled is 0.6 m.


A) 0.5 milliseconds
B) 1 millisecond
C) 7.5 milliseconds
D) 15 milliseconds
E) 48 milliseconds

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