A snail is at the bottom of a
well that is 24 feet deep. The snail can climb 2 inches each
hour, but then falls back 1 inch. How many hours will it take
the snail to crawl out of the well?
(24 * 12) - 1 = _______ hours
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287
To find out how many hours it will take for the snail to crawl out of the well, we need to calculate the distance it covers each hour.
First, let's convert the depth of the well from feet to inches. Since there are 12 inches in a foot, the well is 24 x 12 = 288 inches deep.
We know that the snail climbs 2 inches each hour but then falls back 1 inch. So, in each hour, the snail effectively covers a net distance of 2 - 1 = 1 inch.
Now, we can divide the total distance of 288 inches by the net distance covered by the snail in each hour, which is 1 inch.
288 inches รท 1 inch/hour = 288 hours.
Therefore, it will take the snail approximately 288 hours to crawl out of the well.