SOLUTION: Jody competes in a running event. The route is 13 km to the nearest km she completes the event in a time of 1 hour and 50 minutes, to the nearest minute calculate the fastest possi

SOLUTION: Jody competes in a running event. The route is 13 km to the nearest km she completes the event in a time of 1 hour and 50 minutes, to the nearest minute calculate the fastest possi

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Question 1020642: Jody competes in a running event. The route is 13 km to the nearest km she completes the event in a time of 1 hour and 50 minutes, to the nearest minute calculate the fastest possible average speed at which Jody ran the event give your answer to one decimal place.
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
1 hour 50 minutes = 1.83 hours
Speed = Distance/Time
Speed = 13/1.83
Speed = 7.1 km/hr
Hope this helps :-)
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