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Your company is hosting a benefit 5 kilometer race. How long will the race be to the nearest tenth of a mile?
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Your company is hosting a benefit 5 kilometer race.

How long will the race be to the nearest tenth of a mile?

User GrzesiekO
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Use the fact that 1 km is approx. 0.625 mile.

Mult. 5 km by the conversion factor [0.625 mile / 1 km]:

5 km 0.625 mile
-------- * ---------------- = 0.3 mile (to the nearest tenth mile)
1 1 km
User Timothy Leung
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3.1 miles (more accurately it is 3.107 miles)
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