Question

At the Olympic Games, a runner won the 26.2 mile marathon race in 2 hr 4 min and 1 second. What was his average speed in mph and Km/h? Type an integer or a decimal rounded to the nearest tenths as needed. Thanks!

Answer 1

The average speed of the runner is 12.7 mph and 20.4 km/h

Given that the runner ran 26.2 mile in 2hr and 4 minutes, we start of by converting the time from  hours and minutes into minutes and finally hours, since hours is what we need. So, we have

2hr = 120mins

+ 4 mins = 124 mins

124 mins ÷ 60 hour/mins = 2.06 hours.

This means that the runner finished the race in 2.06 hours.

If we are to find the average speed in mile per hour, we have

Average speed = distance ran ÷ time taken

Average speed = 26.2 ÷ 2.06

Average speed = 12.7 mph

From the speed in mph, we can directly convert it to km/hr by saying

1 mph = 1.609 km/h

12.7 mph = 12.7 * 1.609 = 20.4 km/hr

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