SOLUTION: A snail moves at an average speed of 2 feet every 3 minutes. At that rate, how long would it take the snail to travel one mile? Give answers in hours and in days.

Question 508288: A snail moves at an average speed of 2 feet every 3 minutes. At that rate, how long would it take the snail to travel one mile? Give answers in hours and in days.
Answer by swincher4391(1107) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's recall a couple of things.
There are 5280 feet in a mile.
There are 60 minutes in an hour.
There are 24 hours in a day.
He moves at 2 feet every 3 minutes.
We multiply by 20.
This means he moves 40 feet every 60 minutes (one hour)
Now we multiply by 24.
He moves 960 feet every day.
5280 / 960 will gives us how many days it will take to move a mile.
5.5 days
5 days 12 hours. <---- Answer

Let's check this.
5 days 12 hours = 7920 minutes.
2 feet x
------ = -----
3 minutes 7920
7920 * 2 = 3x
15840 = 3x
x = 5280 feet = 1 mile.

So we are correct.

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