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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