A snail crawled 15 cm in the morning. By the time the sun set, it had crawled 35 cm in total.

Question

Let's say that d is the distance that the snail crawled in the afternoon (in cm).

How long did the snail crawled for

Answer 1

The total distance the snail crawled is given by:

15 cm (in the morning) + d (in the afternoon) = 35 cm

Rearranging the equation:

d = 35 cm - 15 cm
d = 20 cm

Therefore, the snail crawled 20 cm in the afternoon.