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A turtle can crawl up to 120 feet per hour. What is this speed in inches per minute?

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Answer:

It can crawl 24 inches in 1 minute.

Explanation:

1. We know 1 ft = 12 in, so 120 ft = 1,440 in.

2. If the turtle can crawl 1440 inches in 1 hour, that's equivalent to crawling 1440 inches in 60 minutes.

3. we can write this as a fraction and then multiply the denominator 60 by itself to find how many inches per minute the turtle can crawl.

4. 1440/60 ×60/60 =24/1

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