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It takes an insect 15s to crawl 1ft. How many hours would it take the insect to crawl 1mi if the insect crawls at the same rate?
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It takes an insect 15s to crawl 1ft. How many hours would it take the insect to crawl 1mi if the insect crawls at the same rate?

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5280 feet in a mile x 15 seconds = 79200 seconds to go 1 mile
79200 seconds / 3600 (seconds in an hour) = 22 hours
It would take 22 hours for the insect to crawl a mile.
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