Final answer:
To find out how far the snail will crawl in 8 hours, you first determine the snail's speed and then multiply by the total time in minutes. The snail travels 2400 inches in 8 hours.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student asked how far a snail would crawl in 8 hours if it takes the snail 11.4 minutes to crawl 57 inches. To solve this, we first calculate the speed of the snail in inches per minute, which is 57 inches divided by 11.4 minutes, equaling 5 inches per minute. Then, we convert 8 hours to minutes, which gives us 480 minutes (8 hours multiplied by 60 minutes per hour). Finally, we multiply the snail's speed by the total time in minutes to find the distance the snail will travel in 8 hours.
Speed of Snail:
5 inches/minute
Time in Minutes:
480 minutes
Distance Traveled:
5 inches/minute * 480 minutes = 2400 inches
So, the snail will crawl 2400 inches in 8 hours.