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Aliza needs to run at a rate faster than 8.2 feet per second in order to exceed her fastest time in a race. After running for 15 minutes, her coach determines that she is running at an average rate of 5.8 miles per hour. He converts the average rate to feet per second as shown below:​

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Answer:

8.50667 or approximately 8.51 feet per second

Explanation:

The most approximate way to get the feet per second is to multiply the miles per hour by 1.467.

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