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Your record bicycle pace along a favorite trail is 16 mph. On a recent ride, you traveled the 25 mile route in a time of 90 minutes. What was your average speed? Did it break your record pace?

User Valerij
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hello :3

d = rt or distance = rate times time. You want your answer in miles per hour so convert 90 minutes to 1.5 hours. Now plug in the values:
25mi = r*1.5hrs.
r = 25/1.5 = 16.667mph.

This is greater than 16mph, so did you really break your record ?
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Average speed=total distance / total time....

s=25/1.5=50/3mph (16 2/3 mph)

So you traveled an average of 2/3 mph greater than your record pace...
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