A triathlon includes a .5 km swim, 40 km bike, and a 10 km run. Mr. B completed the swim in 25 minutes and 10 seconds, and the bike ride in 1 hour, 30 minutes, and 50 seconds. If he wants to equal the triathlon record of 2 hours and 46 minutes, how fast must Mr. B run in meters per second?

Answer 1

First, let's convert the swim time and bike time to minutes:

- Swim time: 25 minutes and 10 seconds = 25.17 minutes
- Bike time: 1 hour, 30 minutes, and 50 seconds = 90 + 30 + 50/60 = 91.83 minutes

Now we can add up the swim, bike, and desired run times:

- Total time: 25.17 + 91.83 + x = 166 minutes + x (where x is the time Mr. B needs to run in minutes)

We want this total time to equal 2 hours and 46 minutes, which is also 166 minutes. So we can set up an equation:

166 + x = 166

Solving for x, we get:

x = 0

This means that Mr. B would need to run the 10 km in 0 minutes to achieve the triathlon record time, which is impossible. Therefore, we can conclude that Mr. B cannot achieve the record time and the question cannot be answered as originally posed.

Answer 2

silly solution by the bot resulting in the wrong answer of course ......

Time used to swim = 25 minutes and 10 seconds = 25.17 minutes
time used to bike = 1 hour, 30 minutes, and 50 seconds = 90.83 min
total time so far = 25.17 + 90.83 = 116.00 minutes

time of record = 2 hrs, 46 minutes = 166
time needed to run the 10K = 166 - 116 = 50 min.
speed needed to run 10K = 10000 m/ 50 min
= 200 m/min
= 200 m / (60sec) = 10/3 m/sec

(I see two errors in the bot's solution, wonder if it can find it itself)

Answer 3

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