Question

Keith ran in a marathon. It took him 3 hours and 2 minutes to run 26 miles. If he ran at the same rate for the whole race, how many minutes did it take him to run each mile? (1 hour = 60 minutes)

A.) 6 minutes


B.) 7 minutes


C.) 8 minutes


D.) 9 minutes

Answer 1

7 minutes per mile

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Answer 2

Distance Keith ran = 26 miles

Time it took
= 3 hours 2 minutes = [(3 * 60) + 2] minutes = (180 + 2) minutes = 182 minutes

Hence,

Speed (Rate) =
`(Distance)/(Time) = (26)/(182) = (13)/(91) = (1)/(7)` miles per minute

Hence,

Time taken to complete 1 mile
=
`(Distance)/(Speed) = (1)/( (1)/(7) ) = 1 * (7)/(1)`
= 7 minutes

Hence, the answer is B.