SOLUTION: Marcos is training for a bike race that will take place next month. On Saturday he rode his bike 225 miles in a practice race at an average speed of 29 miles per hour, and he avera

Question 1056889: Marcos is training for a bike race that will take place next month. On Saturday he rode his bike 225 miles in a practice race at an average speed of 29 miles per hour, and he averaged 20 miles per hour for the remaining part of the race. If it took Marcos 9 hours to finish the practice race, how much time did he spend riding at a rate of 29 miles per hour?

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Marcos is training for a bike race that will take place next month.
On Saturday he rode his bike 225 miles in a practice race at an average speed of 29 miles per hour,
and he averaged 20 miles per hour for the remaining part of the race.
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If it took Marcos 9 hours to finish the practice race, how much time did he spend riding at a rate of 29 miles per hour?
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1st leg DATA:
dist = 225 miles ; rate = 29 mph ; time = 7.76 hrs
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Ans:: 7.76 hrs = 7 hrs 45 min 36 sec
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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