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To prepare for her upcoming road bike race, Kristin trains on a stationary bike, cycling at an average speed of 10 miles per hour. She begins cycling at 12:00 noon. Once she attains her goal of biking for the equivalent of 40 miles, she takes an hour-long break. At what time does Kristin begin her break?
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Okay shmoop er's Last math problem of this section Here
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we go Prepare for coming wrote back Raise kristen trains
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on the stationary bike It's Likely an average of ten
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thousand been cycling at noon When you think about inviting
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for forty miles an hour long break at what time
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does person begin her break She's cycling at ten miles
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an hour she wants to go forty miles be like
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four hours right so well it started at noon that
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seems pretty straight for it is a lot easier than
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the last question Well before we math a joke why
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couldn't the bike stand up It was just too tired
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No wait only we still need to find out how
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long kristin was cycling for you know before she decided
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to take her break We're told that she stops after
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forty miles were also told she's biking in ten miles
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an hour So that's pretty easy right She takes a
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break when t equals four after four hours of riding
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which is four pm so the answer is b and
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it takes an hour long break while then her break
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is from four until five Yeah you can't read problem
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too quickly Otherwise ten miles per hour might falsely register
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is ten hours like the duration of this math problem
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and kristen isn't taking a late night ride so yet 00:01:06.741 --> [endTime] empty Okay we're done
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