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Jerry was trying out for the cross country team. He has to be able to run an 8.5 min mile. If he ran 5 mi in 45 mins last weekend, will this rate be good enough to make the team.

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Answer: No because in 5 miles he needs to run for 42.5 minutes or less

User Muhammad Naderi
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Answer:no he misses the rate he needs to run by 30m seconds

Explanation:

45/5=9

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