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Jerry was trying out for the cross country team. He has to be able to run an 8.5 min mile. If he ran 5 mi in 45 mins last weekend, will this rate be good enough to make the team…

Jerry was trying out for the cross country team. He has to be able to run an 8.5 min mile. If he ran 5 mi in 45 mins last weekend, will this rate be good enough to make the team…
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Jerry was trying out for the cross country team. He has to be able to run an 8.5 min mile. If he ran 5 mi in 45 mins last weekend, will this rate be good enough to make the team.

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User Pavel Pavlov
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Answer: No because in 5 miles he needs to run for 42.5 minutes or less

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User Muhammad Naderi
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Answer:no he misses the rate he needs to run by 30m seconds

Explanation:

45/5=9

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User Udy
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