Question

Keith ran in a marathon. It took him 3 hours and 2 minutes to run 26 miles. If he ran at the same rate for the whole race, how many minutes did it take him to run each mile? (1 hour = 60 minutes)

Answer 1

we convert 2 minutes into hours first by dividing the number of minutes to 60 that is 2 / 60 equal to 0.0333 hours. Hence the total time is equal to 3.0333 hrs. The rate of his running is equal to 26 miles per 3.0333 hrs, that is equal to 8.57 miles per hour. he ran for 182 minutes for 26 miles. hence for 1 mile, it takes him 7 minutes to do so

Answer 2

3 hrs + 2 min...
1 hr = 60 minutes...so 3 hrs = 60 * 3 = 180 minutes, + the 2 minutes = 182 minutes.
182/26 =  7 minutes per mile <===