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I'm math-stupid so please help :) !!

marchegt
marchegt Posts: 156 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Ok... while I can memorize an entire textbook on Psychology, I cannot for the life of me do mathematical equations. I have googled and googled and I just cannot figure this out. Can some math whiz (anyone better than me is considered a whiz in my books!!) please help lol...

The other day I ran exactly 2.5 km... and it took me 14:52 (slow, I know, I am used to running on an elliptical and am right now working on distance outside, then I will work on speed). I am trying to figure out how many km/hour I ran....

Thanks in advance!!!

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  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    Slightly less than 10 km/hr...unless someone with a calculator can do better, that was my "out of my head" calculation.
  • Arizona_JR
    Arizona_JR Posts: 275
    I come up with 6.27mph.
  • Leah2975
    Leah2975 Posts: 65 Member
    10.33 km/hr

    first reply-er, way to go on your math skills!
  • manda2j
    manda2j Posts: 63
    yup... not exact.. but it's a little less than 10... i would just say 10 since it's so close :)
  • Arizona_JR
    Arizona_JR Posts: 275
    oops... just realized she asked for km/hr, not mph.
  • cmonsterr
    cmonsterr Posts: 11 Member
    about 10.1 km/hr is what i get.
  • mathlete99
    mathlete99 Posts: 133 Member
    Just over 10 km per hour. Divide your time by 60 and then divide your distance by that number :) So...14.52 divided by 60 (minutes) is .242. Then take your distance, 2.5, and divide it by .242 which is 10.3. Then thank God for calculators :)
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    Just over 10 km per hour. Divide your time by 60 and then divide your distance by that number :) So...14.52 divided by 60 (minutes) is .242. Then take your distance, 2.5, and divide it by .242 which is 10.3. Then thank God for calculators :)

    I did the "well if 16 minutes was 2.5, then about half an hour was 5, so somewhere around an hour would be next to 10" method. :)

    And thank God for calculators. :laugh: :tongue:
  • mathlete99
    mathlete99 Posts: 133 Member
    Just over 10 km per hour. Divide your time by 60 and then divide your distance by that number :) So...14.52 divided by 60 (minutes) is .242. Then take your distance, 2.5, and divide it by .242 which is 10.3. Then thank God for calculators :)

    I did the "well if 16 minutes was 2.5, then about half an hour was 5, so somewhere around an hour would be next to 10" method. :)

    And thank God for calculators. :laugh: :tongue:
  • OliveLucas
    OliveLucas Posts: 84
    14 minutes 52 second = 14.87 minutes
    (60 minues x 2.5 km ) / 14.87 minutes = 10.09 km/hr

    my final answer 10.09 km/hr :huh:
  • Leah2975
    Leah2975 Posts: 65 Member
    you were right to break the seconds down! So impressed you caught that!
  • marchegt
    marchegt Posts: 156 Member
    Ahah thank you everyone and also thanks for breaking it down! Now I can figure it out myself next time :):)
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