SOLUTION: on vacation, you see a snail at the beach and wonder the distance a snail can travel in a given amount of time. you looked on your phone and saw that a snail travels at an average

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Question 1166401: on vacation, you see a snail at the beach and wonder the distance a snail can travel in a given amount of time. you looked on your phone and saw that a snail travels at an average speed of 153 feet per hour. create an equation that will represent how far the snail has traveled in "h" hours.
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52756) About Me  (Show Source):
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Traveled distance is the product of the average speed by the traveled time.



Answer by josgarithmetic(39614) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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you looked on your phone and saw that a snail travels at an average speed of,...
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Imagine that! You need to call somebody.

If you had a measuring stick and a watch or timer, you could measure the snail's speed yourself.