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A dog sled race is 25 miles long.The equation 5/8 k=25 can be used to estimate the race’s length k in kilometers. Approximately how many hours will it take a dog sled team to finish the race if it travels at an average speed of 30 kilometers?

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the distance to be covered in the race is 25 miles
average speed of the team is 30 km/h
30 km/m in miles/hour will be:
1 mile=0.621371 km
thus
30 km/h=(30×0.621371) miles/hour
=18.64113 miles/hour
time taken to complete 25 miles will be:
time=distance/speed
=25/18.64113
=1.3411 hours