Question

The 2004 Tour de France was 3391.1 kilometers.The winner won the trace in a little over 83.5 hours fill in the blank to find the winners average speed in meters per hour.

Answer 1

To find the winner's average speed in meters per hour, you can first convert the kilometers to meters and the hours to seconds. Then, divide the distance by the time.

1 kilometer = 1000 meters

1 hour = 3600 seconds

So, the distance in meters is:

3391.1 kilometers * 1000 meters/kilometer = 3,391,100 meters

And the time in seconds is:

83.5 hours * 3600 seconds/hour = 300,600 seconds

Now, calculate the average speed:

Average Speed = Distance / Time

Average Speed = 3,391,100 meters / 300,600 seconds

Average Speed ≈ 11.28 meters per second

To convert this to meters per hour:

11.28 meters per second * 3600 seconds/hour ≈ 40,608 meters per hour

So, the winner's average speed in meters per hour was approximately 40,608 meters per hour.

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