Question

Ray has a stride of about 1.4 m. He runs 9 km daily to train for a marathon. Approximatelyhow many strides does he need to run 9 km? Need explaining how you got answer for understanding

Answer 1

Ray has a stride of= 1.4m

How many strides does he need to run 9km.

First: We are going to pass 9km to meters.

$9km*\frac{1000meters}{1km}=9000meters$

Second: the equation to find the strides is:

$1.4m*x=9000meters$

Where x is the number of strides. Solving for x:

$x=\frac{9000}{1.4}=6428.57\approx6428.6Strides$

Answer: The number of Strides to run 9km is 6428.6 strides.