Question

In 2004, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia ran 5,000 meters (5 kilometers) in 12 minutes, 37.35 seconds. What is this distance to the nearest tenth of a mile?

Answer 1

Distance=3.1 miles

Explanation:

Step 1: Determine how many meters make a mile

The conversion rate expression is;

1 mile=1.60934 kilometers

Step 2: Convert 5 km to miles

Using the expression below;

Distance in miles=distance in kilometers/1.60934

where;

distance in kilometers=5 km

replacing;

Distance in miles=5/1.60934

Distance in miles=3.10686 miles

Step 3: Round off to nearest tenth of a mile

Nearest tenth of a mile=1/10=0.1 , the same as rounding of to the nearest 1 decimal place

Distance 3.10686 miles rounded off to 1 decimal place=3.1 miles

Distance=3.1 miles