Write a Python code to calculate the speed for running a 10-kilometer race in 1 hours 5 minutes 42 seconds.

Question

Write a Python code to calculate the speed for running a 10-kilometer race in 1 hours 5 minutes 42 seconds. What is the average pace (time per mile in minutes and seconds)? What is the average speed in miles per hour?

Answer 1

"""

This helps you calculate the average speed.

Take a look at the comments for each line:

do you understand how it is being calculated?

"""

sec_to_hr = 1/3600 # 3600 seconds in 1 hour

min_to_hr = 1/60 # 60 minutes in 1 hour

km_to_miles = 0.62 # 0.62 miles in 1 kilometer

time_hrs = 1 + (5*min_to_hr)+ (42*sec_to_hr) # Total time in hours

dist_miles = 10 * km_to_miles # Total time in miles

av_speed = dist_miles/time_hrs # Average Speed in miles/hour

answer1 = "Average speed = {} miles per hour".format(round(av_speed,2))

print(answer1)

"""

If you understood the calculation above, see if you can

understand the code below.

Hint: "Pace" is how much time in 1 mile. Time = Distance / Speed

Also, Do you know what the function "round()" is doing?

"""

pace_dist = 1 # In 1 mile

pace_time_hr = round(pace_dist/av_speed, 2)

pace_time_min = round(pace_time_hr * 60, 2)

pace_time_sec = round(pace_time_min % 1,2) * 60

answer2 = "Average pace per mile = {} minutes and {} seconds".format(int(pace_time_min), int(pace_time_sec))

print(answer2)