SOLUTION: The fastest a human has ever run is 27 miles per hour. how many miles did the human run

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Question 897492: The fastest a human has ever run is 27 miles per hour. how many miles did the human run
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, richard1234:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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Rate. Time and Distance? Who looks for and supplies the data?

If that is all of the problem description and question, then this is not simply a basic mathematics question. The question requires finding the record of this 27 mile per hour runner to see (read) what the distance was. At such a high speed for a human runner, the distance could NOT have been more than a mile. A guess would be something much shorter than a mile: maybe quarter mile, or something much less even.

Have you watched, attended, or participated in any running or jogging events?

Look at these articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(running)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running

The best known DOCUMENTED answer is 100 meter sprint, at the speed 27.44 mph.
See this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footspeed

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Depends how long he ran for.