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A rally car race course covers 515.97 miles. The winning car completed the course in 6.5 hours. What was the average speed of the winning car?

User Vikas Roy
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Answer:

79.38 miles per hour

Explanation:

average speed = miles covered / hours

= 515.97 / 6.5

= 79.38

User Andrii Zarubin
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Answer: 79.38 miles per hour

Explanation:

Given : Distance covered by rally car race course = 515.97 miles

Time taken to complete the course by winning car = 6.5 hours

The average speed of the winning car = ( Distance covered by rally car race course) ÷ (Time taken to complete the course by winning car)

= (515.97)÷ (6.5) miles per hour

= 79.38 miles per hour

Hence, the average speed of the winning car = 79.38 miles per hour.

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