Jacob is training for an Ironman Triathlon and completed two swimming workouts this week. On Sunday, he swam 706 yards in 8 minutes and 31 seconds. This morning, he swam 579 yards in 8 minutes and 19 seconds. What was Jacob's average speed over the two workouts?

Write your answer as a whole number or as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.

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Jacob is training for an Ironman Triathlon and completed two swimming workouts this week. On Sunday, he swam 706 yards in 8 minutes and 31 seconds. This morning, he swam 579 yards in 8 minutes and 19 seconds. What was Jacob's average speed over the two workouts?

Write your answer as a whole number or as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.

vocaloid · Answer

average speed = total number of yards/total number of minutes

vocaloid · Answer

hm, it doesn't say what unit to convert to

anonymous · Answer

it says as yards per minute

vocaloid · Answer

oh, good! then my previous answer is correct

anonymous · Answer

Thank you so much

anonymous · Answer

@Vocaloid but how do I fing the average..
Do I add up all the numbers or keep them seperate? ex: ___Min and ____yards or do I add them togeter

vocaloid · Answer

first find the total number of yards

vocaloid · Answer

then find the total number of minutes

vocaloid · Answer

then divide yards/minutes

anonymous · Answer

ok