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An athlete can run 9 kilometers in 1 hour. If the athlete runs at that same average speed for 30 minutes, how far will the athlete travel? *

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A 18 kilometers

B 9 kilometers

C 4.5 kilometers

D It travels right at an increasing speed

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C

Step-by-step explanation:

If the athlete can run 9 kilometers in one hour, and thirty minutes is half an hour, then you divided the distance the athlete can run(9 kilometers) by 2, getting 4.5 kilometers in 30 minutes. Hope this helped.

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C. 4.5 kilometers. This answer will represent 9 divided by a half which will be 4.5
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