Question

A snail can crawl 2/3 of a meter in a minute. How many minutes will it take for the snail to crawl 6 meters

Answer 1

It would take 9 minutes for the snail to crawl 9 meters

Answer 2

It will take 9 minutes

Explanation:

We can write a proportion to solve this problem. Put the distance over the time

2/3 meter 6 meters

------------- = ----------------

1 minute x minutes

Using cross products

2/3x = 6

Multiply each side by 3/2

3/2 * 2/3x = 6 * 3/2

x = 9

It will take 9 minutes