Question

Tom runs a marathon (26.2 miles) in 4 hours and 12 minutes. How many miles per hour does he run?

Answer 1

first convert 4 hours and 12 minutes to hours only. 1 hour = 60 minutes, so 12 minutes = 12/60 or 0.2 hours. so 4 hours and 12 minutes is 4.2 hours.

divide 26.2 miles by 4.2 hours to get miles per hour.