SOLUTION: you ride a bicycle for 45.00 mins and traveled a total distance of 12.30 mi. express your rate in km/hr

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Question 884827: you ride a bicycle for 45.00 mins and traveled a total distance of 12.30 mi. express your rate in km/hr
Answer by JulietG(1812) About Me  (Show Source):
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45 mins is 45%2F60 of an hour or 3%2F4 of an hour.
Take the reciprocal 4%2F3 and multiply by 12.30 to get
49.2%2F3 which equals 16.4 mph.
16.4 miles = 26.393 kilometers
Answer: 26.393km/hr
(answer may be slightly different due to rounding if you converted to km first rather than last)