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To qualify to run in the 2005 Boston Marathon, a distance of 26.2 miles, an 18-year-old woman had to have completed another marathon in 3 hours and 40 minutes or less. a) To qualify, what must a woman's
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To qualify to run in the 2005 Boston Marathon, a distance of 26.2 miles, an 18-year-old woman had to have completed another marathon in 3 hours and 40 minutes or less. a) To qualify, what must a woman's average speed have been in miles per hour?b) To qualify, what must a woman's average speed have been in meters per second? There are 1609 m in a mile.

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7,14545 mph and 3,1936 m/s

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The average speed is calculated by dividing the displacement over time, then it is 26,2 miles/(3 2/3 hours), here 3 (2/3) hours is a mixed number, that represents 11/3 hours or 3,66 hours. Then the average speed is 7,14545 mph, now to turn this into meters per second, we notice as mentioned that 1 mile =1609 meters and 1 hour=3600 seconds. Then 7,14545 miles/hour* (1 hour/3600 seconds) * (1609 meters/1 mile)=3,1936 m/s

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