Answer :
Snail takes 1.5 minutes to travel around one meter
Solution:
Given, the average speed of a garden snail is 0.025 miles per hour
And one inch is approximately 2.54 centimeters,
We have to find how many minutes would it take a garden snail to travel one meter?
Now, let us convert the speed in miles per hour to meters per minute
Then, speed = 0.025 miles per hour
= 0.025 x 1 mile / 1 hour
= 0.025 x 1609.34 meters / 60 minutes
= 0.025 x 1609.34 / 60 meters per minute
[tex]\begin{array}{l}{=\frac{0.025 \times 1609.34}{60} \text { meters per minute }} \\\\ {=\frac{40.2335}{60} \text { meters per minute }}\end{array}[/tex]
= 0.670 meters per minute.
Now, 0.670 meters ⇒ 1 minute
Then, 1 meter ⇒ n minutes
So, by criss cross method
n x 0.67 = 1 x 1
n = 1.4912
Hence, snail takes 1.5 minutes approximately to travel 1 meter.
Answer:
B). 1.5 minutes
Step-by-step explanation:
(1 meter)(
100 centimeters
1 meter
)(
1 inch
2.54 centimeters
)(
1 foot
12 inches
)(
1 mile
5280 feet
)(
1 hour
0.025 miles
) (
60 minutes
1 hour
) ≈ 1.5 minutes