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Question #df5ae

Answer 1

Approximately `0.1819` miles.

Explanation:

We are given the snail's speed in meters per hour `("m"/"hr")` and want it in miles per day (`"mi"/"d"`). Thus, we need to convert meters to miles and hours to days. To do so, we will use the following conversions:

• `1 "mi" = 1609.344"m"`
• `1 "d" = 24 "hr"`

We will use these to cancel the units we don't want and be left with the ones we do.

`(12.2color(blue)(cancel("m")))/(1color(red)(cancel("hr")))xx(1"mi")/(1609.344color(blue)(cancel("m")))xx(24color(red)(cancel("hr")))/(1"d")`

`=(12.2xx24)/(1609.344)("mi")/("d")`

`~~0.1819("mi")/("d")`

Thus the snail travels approximately `0.1819` miles in one day.