Question

The record for the Boston Marathon's wheelchair division is 1 hour, 18 minutes, and 27 seconds. The Boston Marathon is 26.2 miles long. What was the average speed of the record winner of the wheelchair division

Answer 1

The average speed is: 20.08 MPH

26.2miles / 78.27 minutes = .33473872 miles per minute
.335 x 60 minutes = 20.0843235
So the average MPH is 20.08