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Average Speed
Average Speed
Average Speed
1 A marathon route is 56 km long. The first ten runners win a gold medal. Anyone who
finishes in four hours or less gets a silver medal. Runners who finish in six hours or less
get a bronze medal. If you do not complete the race in six hours, you do not get a medal.
a) At what average speed would you have to run to complete the race in exactly
six hours?
b) At what speed would you have to run to complete the race in exactly 4 hours?
c) If you run at 6 km/hr will you manage to complete the race and win a medal?
2 Usain Bolt’s six fastest times (in seconds) for running 200 metres are:
19.93 19.95 19.98 20.08 20.10 20.20
a) Work out the average speed at which he was running in each of these races.