Question

Valeria is training for a marathon. She jogs the same 15 mile route twice in one week. On Monday, she jogged the route in 1.75 hours. Thursday, she tried to improve her speed. She jogged the same route in 1.63 hours. Her smart watch said her rate on Monday was 8.57 miles per hour. She forgot to set the smart watch to calculate her rate on Thursday. Use the information you have to calculate how fast she was running on Thursday.

Answer 1

9.20 miles per hour

Explanation:

Given data

distance of the route = 15miles

time taken on Monday= 1.75hours

speed= distance./time

speed= 15/1.75

speed= 8.57 miles per hour

her smart watch is correct

time taken on Thursday= 1.63hours

speed= distance./time

speed= 15/1.63

speed= 9.20 miles per hour

she was jogging at 9.20 miles per hour