maura runs 5 miles in 1.25 hours. Ava runs 3 miles in 50 minutes, or 0.83 hour. Who runs faster?

Question

 maura runs 5 miles in 1.25 hours. Ava runs 3 miles in 50 minutes, or 0.83 hour. Who runs faster?

Answer 1

Good day, Maura.

Set them up as fractions:

miles / hours, then divide to

compare the results:

Maura: 5 / 1.25 = 4 MPH

Ava: 3 / .83 = 3.6 MPH

Maura runs faster.

Answer 2

Joanny, we measure speed in miles per hour, so...

 

5 miles/1.25 hours = 4 mph

 

3 miles/(.83 hours) = 3.61 mph

 

Maura runs faster!