Question

1. A snail travels 80 feet in 50 minutes. Moving at the same rate, how many seconds will it take the snail to travel 120 feet?

Answer 1

75 minutes

80x= 6000
X= 6000/80
X= 75

Answer 2

Answer: 4500 seconds

Explanation:

Given : A snail travels 80 feet in 50 minutes.

Formula for speed =
`\frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Time}}`

Speed of snail =
`(80)/(50)` feet per minute. (1)

Let x be the time taken by snail to travel 120 feet, then speed of snail will be :

`(120)/(x)` (2)

If rate is same, then we have from (1) and (2)

`(120)/(x)=(80)/(50)\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=(120*50)/(80)=75\text{ minutes}`

In seconds,
`75*60=4500\text{ seconds}`

Hence, the snail will take 4500 seconds to travel 120 feet.