Jackiegarcia190
contestada

Mary is running a marathon which is a total of 26 miles. She is running at a pace of 7.5 miles per hour and
has already run 8 miles. If she stays at the same pace, how much time in hours does she have left? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth)

Respuesta :

Answer: 2.4 hours

===================================================

Explanation:

She has already ran 8 miles, so she has 26-8 = 18 miles left to go.

She runs at a pace of 7.5 mph, which means she has 18/(7.5) = 2.4 hours left to go.

I used the equation distance = rate*time, and solved for time to get time = distance/rate.

--------------------

Another approach:

Here's how you can use algebra.

x = time she has left in hours

7.5x = distance covered in those x hours

7.5x+8 = total distance

7.5x+8 = 26

7.5x = 26-8

7.5x = 18

x = 18/(7.5)

x = 2.4

Otras preguntas