SOLUTION: 1. In 2013 there were 50,304 runners in New York City Marathon. Each runner rus a distance of 26.2 miles. If you add together the total number of miles for all runners how many tim

Question 1079480: 1. In 2013 there were 50,304 runners in New York City Marathon. Each runner rus a distance of 26.2 miles. If you add together the total number of miles for all runners how many times would they run back and forth from the earth to the moon? Consider the distance from the earth to the moon to be 2.389x10^5 miles.
2. What is the percentage of adults who have IQ between 70 and 130
3. What is the percentage of adults who have an IQ over 130
4. Find the number of hours required to melt the block of ice when it is 90 degrees
5. How much OxyContin is in a person's body after 24 hours? Is it all gone?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Total distance is 1,317,964.8 miles
divide by 238900 miles
quotient is 5.516
divide that by 2 and get 2.758 round trips.
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For 2 and 3 need the mean and sd
For 4, need the formula for temperature as a function of time.
For 5, need the half life of the drug in the body.
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