Early one morning, four snails, A, B, C,and D, set off together down the garden path. A and B kept the same steady pace, slithering only 8 meters by the time C and D had already reached the azalea.
C was wounded and had a stop for an hour to rest. Although D was tired, too, she pressed on, but reduced her pace to be at the same speed as A's and B's.
C started off again just as A and B got even with her. She raced off at her original pace. A promptly speed up to the same speed as C and kept even with her. B just kept going at her original pace.
When A reached the end of the path, she was 1 meter ahead of B, she was a half hour later than D was.
How many meters long was the path?-
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