Jennica is training for a marathon. During her training, she does 10km runs and they typically take her 1 hour ( 60 minutes) to complete. How long do you think it will take her to finish a full marathon (42km) ? Write down any assumptions you are making and show any calculations.
Q. Jennica is training for a marathon. During her training, she does 10km runs and they typically take her 1 hour ( 60 minutes) to complete. How long do you think it will take her to finish a full marathon (42km) ? Write down any assumptions you are making and show any calculations.
Given Information: We are given that Jennica runs 10km in 60 minutes. We need to find out how long it will take her to run 42km. We can set up a proportion to solve for the missing value, which is the time it will take to run 42km. The proportion is based on the assumption that Jennica's running pace is constant.
Set Up Proportion: First, we write down the known ratio of distance to time for Jennica's training runs: 10km per 60minutes. We then set up a proportion with the unknown time for the marathon, which we will call 'x minutes', for the 42km distance.60minutes10km=xminutes42km
Cross-Multiply: Next, we solve for 'x' by cross-multiplying to find the equivalent time for 42km. (10km)×(xminutes)=(42km)×(60minutes)10x=42×60
Solve for x: Now we perform the multiplication on the right side of the equation. 10x=2520
Convert to Hours: To find x, we divide both sides of the equation by 10.x=102520x=252
Convert to Minutes: We have found that x, the time it will take Jennica to run a full marathon, is 252 minutes. However, it is often more useful to express this time in hours and minutes. To convert 252 minutes into hours, we divide by 60 (since there are 60 minutes in an hour).252 minutes ÷60 minutes/hour = 4.2 hours
Final Answer: Since 0.2 hours is not a full hour, we need to convert this fraction of an hour back into minutes. To do this, we multiply 0.2 by 60. 0.2 hours ×60 minutes/hour =12 minutes
Final Answer: Since 0.2 hours is not a full hour, we need to convert this fraction of an hour back into minutes. To do this, we multiply 0.2 by 60. 0.2 hours ×60 minutes/hour =12 minutes Adding the full hours and the additional minutes together, we find that Jennica will take 4 hours and 12 minutes to finish a full marathon.
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