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An ant crawls 7 feet in 6 minutes. How far can it crawl in 18 minutes and in 24 minutes?

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Answer: 21 feet in 18 minutes and 28 feet in 24 minutes.

Explanation:

We will find the unit rate. We are looking for the distance in one minute, so we will divide the total distance by the total time.


\frac{7\;\text{feet}}{6\;\text{minutes}} \approx 1.167\;\text{\;feet\;per\;minute}

Next, we will multiply this by the given times to find the distances it crawls.

18 minutes * 1.167 ft/minute ≈ 21 feet

24 minutes * 1.167 ft/minute ≈ 28 feet

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