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marathon runner runs26.2 miles at the pace of 6.2 minute per mile round off answer to the nearest minute how long will it take to run marathon
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There are several methods of rounding, but in this case the 'best' one is probably to round up. Rounding down suggests that Kathy actually ran faster.
26.2 (mile) * 6.2 (minutes/mile) = 162.44 rounded up => 163 minutes.
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