1. At the intersection of roads $A$ and $B$ (straight lines) is a settlement $C$ (point). Sasha is walking along road $A$ towards point $C$, taking 50 steps per minute, with a step length of 50 cm. At the start of the movement, Sasha was 250 meters away from point $C$. Dan is walking towards $C$ along road $B$ at a speed of 80 steps per minute, with a step length of 40 cm, and at the moment they start moving together, he was 300 meters away from $C$. Each of them, after passing point $C$, continues their movement along their respective roads without stopping. We record the moments of time when both Dan and Sasha have taken an integer number of steps. Find the smallest possible distance between them (along the roads) at such moments of time. How many steps did each of them take by the time this distance was minimized?
Answer: 1) $d_{\text {min }}=15.8$ m; 2) the number of steps Sasha took - 470, the number of steps Dani took - 752.