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A snail crawled 2/5 of a centimeter in 2 minutes. How fast did the snail crawl

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Answered by GPT-4o mini
To find the speed of the snail, we need to calculate the rate at which it crawled in centimeters per minute.

The snail crawled \( \frac{2}{5} \) of a centimeter in 2 minutes.

To find the speed in centimeters per minute, we can use the formula:

\[
\text{Speed} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Time}}
\]

Substituting the values we have:

\[
\text{Speed} = \frac{\frac{2}{5} \text{ cm}}{2 \text{ min}} = \frac{2}{5} \times \frac{1}{2} = \frac{2}{10} = \frac{1}{5} \text{ cm/min}
\]

Thus, the snail crawled at a speed of \( \frac{1}{5} \) centimeters per minute.
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