An athlete runs 7 miles in 45 minutes and then changes their pace to run the next 3 miles in 15 minutes. Overall, what is the average time in minutes it takes the athlete to run 1 mile?
A. 9.5 minutes
B. 9 minutes
C. 6 minutes
D. 10minutes
to find the average time the athlete runs in 1 mile; we find total distance and total time the athlete takes in running.
Total distance run by athlete=7+3=10 miles
Total time=45+15 =60 minutes
The athlete runs 10 miles in 60 minutes. For the athlete to cover 1 mile, he will run for a time less than 60 minutes. Thus, in 1 mile, the athlete takes:
So, in 6 minutes, the athlete covers 1 mile.
Therefore, the Correct Answer is C.
More Questions on TEAS 7 Math
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Q #1: The scatter plot below shows the relationship between the number of hours a student plays golf and the student’s class attendance. Which of the following types of correlation is shown on the scatter plot?
A. Positive
B. Positive and negative
C. No correlation
D. Negative
Answer Explanation
Scatter plots can depict three correlations: positive, negative and no correlation. A positive correlation scatter plot reveals that as one variable increases, the other variable also increases as shown below
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Q #2: Five friends are sharing a pizza. Two friend eats a quarter of the pizza. The other three friends equally divide the rest among themselves. What portion of the pizza did each of the other three friends receive?
A. 1/6
B. 1/3
C. ¼
D. 1/5
Answer Explanation
A whole pizza represents 1, and two friends eat ¼ of the pizza. The remaining fraction of pizza is:
Remaining amount =
Thus, 3/4 of pizza is left for three friends to share equally.
Now, the other three friends will each get
So, the other three friends will each get 1/4 of the pizza.
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Q #3: Which of the following is the correct decimal placement for the product of 1.9 * 0.75?
A. 1.425
B. 14.25
C. 0.01425
D. 0.001425
Answer Explanation
In the given problem, we use the calculator to evaluate the product 1.9 * 0.75 = 1.425
