Gavin is training for a marathon and varies his workouts from day to day. Gavin ran 10 MPH during Monday's workout and 50% slower during Tuesday's workout. How fast did he run on Tuesday?
MPH

Solution:

Given that,

Gavin ran 10 MPH during Monday's workout

50% slower during Tuesday's workout

Therefore,

Speed in tuesday = 50 % slower than monday

Which means,

Speed in tuesday = 10 - 50 % of 10

Solve the above

Thus, he ran 5 mph in tuesday

step-by-step explanation:

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9² + 15² = 306.   this is not equal to the square of the longest side ( that square being 395.   answer c is correct.

answer4 to the second power is 16

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