Speed and pace both measure the distance traveled over a period of time, though they gauge this in opposite ways. Speed results when distance is measured over time, while pace focuses on measuring time over a specified distance. The familiar speed unit miles per hour (mph) is employed to gauge auto and air travel rates. Minutes per mile is a unit of pace that helps gauge the rates of physical activities like running and swimming. You can easily convert miles per hour to minutes per mile through mathematical operations involving different units of time.
Instructions
1. Obtain a speed in miles per hour for example purposes. For this example, allow the speed to be 8 mph.
2. Divide the speed into 60, the number of minutes in an hour. In this example, 60 divided by 8, or 60/8, equals 7.5 minutes.
3. Multiply the decimal portion of the minutes by 60 to convert to seconds. Finishing the example, 0.5 multiplied by 60 equals 30 seconds, so 7.5 minutes becomes 7:30 minutes --- 8 mph converts to 7:30 minutes per mile.
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