Question

A turtle and a snail are 300 feet apart when they start moving towards each other. The turtle is moving at a speed of 5 feet per minute, and the snail is moving at a speed of 1 foot per minute.

Answer 1

It will take 50 minutes for the turtle and snail to meet.
because they are all moving at feet per minute we can create a formula
total feet = (turtle feet per minute) + (snail feet per minute)
300 = 5m +1m
combine like terms
300 = 6m
divide both sides by 6
50=m