The record for the boston marathon's wheelchair division is
1 hour, 18 minutes, and 27 seconds.
a. the boston marathon is 26.2 miles long. what was the
average speed of the record winner of the wheelchair division?
round to the nearest hundredth.
how and why

answer: 5

step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation:

this can be solved first with pythagorean theorem, which tells us to square both legs of the triangle and sum it. this will be equal to the square of the hypotenuse.

the hypotenuse is the side "opposite" the 90 degree angle, which is x.

so we can write using pythagorean theorem,

simplifying:

to further simplify this radical, we need to use the property  

thus