Two snails climbed up a tree at a constant rate. A person measured and recorded their respective distances above the ground • Snail A was 12.5 inches above the ground at 10 minutes and 16 inches above the ground at 24 minutes.
• Snail B started at 3 inches above the ground and climbed 0.3 inch per minute.
The snails continued at the same speeds.
• Determine the amount of time, in minutes, it took for the two snails to be the same distance above the ground.
• Include an equation to represent each snail's distance above the ground, y, in terms of x, the minutes elapsed since the measurement
started. Show your work or explain your answer.
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