Question 508288
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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