SOLUTION: you finish a two-mile walking race in 36.5 minutes. Write and inequality fot the average speed of the walkers who finished after you did. (average speed=distance/time)

SOLUTION: you finish a two-mile walking race in 36.5 minutes. Write and inequality fot the average speed of the walkers who finished after you did. (average speed=distance/time)

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Question 180253: you finish a two-mile walking race in 36.5 minutes. Write and inequality fot the average speed of the walkers who finished after you did. (average speed=distance/time)
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
lets call the avg speed r for our runner. lets call the avg speed for runners who finish later r1
:
36.5 minutes is appx .6 of an hour
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r=2/.6=3.33 mph
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mph
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