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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)
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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)

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3 hrs and 2 min = 3(60) + 2 = 180 + 2 = 182 minutes

182/26 = x/1
cross multiply
26x = 182
x = 182/26
x = 7...it took 7 minutes to run each mile
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Keith ran a marathon in 3 hours and 2 minutes and ran approximately 26 miles in the race. If he ran at the same rate for the entire race, it took him approximately 7 minutes to run each mile.
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