SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem: "If you were an inch worm that crawls at a rate of 1 inch per 5 seconds, how long would it take you to travel 73,400,000 centimeters?". I have on

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Question 776909: Please help me solve this problem: "If you were an inch worm that crawls at a rate of 1 inch per 5 seconds, how long would it take you to travel 73,400,000 centimeters?". I have only gotten as far as converting the 1 inch to 2.54 centimeters.
Answer by psbhowmick(878) About Me  (Show Source):
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73,400,000 cm = 73400000%2F2.54+=+28897637.8 inches
Crawling 1 inch takes 5 seconds.
Therefore, crawling 28897637.8 inches will take 28897637.8%2A5+=+144488188.98 sec.