Question

Maura runs 5 miles in 1.25 hours. Ava runs 3 miles in 50 minutes, or 0.83 hour. Who runs faster?

Answer 1

Maura

Explanation:

1.25/5=.25

.25*60=15 minutes

.83/3=.21

Answer 2

Maura runs at a pace of a 15 minute mile. Ava runs at a pace of a 16:40 minute mile. Maura runs faster.

Explanation:

To get this answer I divided 1.25 by 5 which is .25. Then if you divide 60 minutes by .25 the answer is 15 minutes making her run at a pace of 15 minutes per mile. I did a similar calculation for Ava. I divided 50 by 3 which gave me 16.6667. Then i figured out what 2/3 of a minute was, which is 40 seconds. That led me to the conclusion that Ava runs at a pace of 16:40.

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