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Every year, people run 26.2 miles in the New York City Marathon. In this Exploration, you will learn about this race and work with some of the data about how fast they run. Maybe someday you'll run this marathon, too.

Explore the New York City Marathon web site: http://www.nyrrc.org/

 

	Average Age Find the average age of the first fifteen finishers in the New York City Marathon.
NYC Marathon Website:	http://www.nyrrc.org/race/m9800.htm
	State Statistics Choose five states that you would like to use for marathon data collection. Find the first finisher time and the last finisher time for each state. Create a double bar graph that shows these statistics.
NYC Marathon Website:	http://www.nyrrc.org/race/m98usst.htm
	Winning Rates of the Runners Find the winning rate of the men's winner and the women's winner in miles per minute. Find the rate of the last finisher (runner number #30427) in miles per minute. Find the difference in the rate of the very last place finisher and the very first place finisher.
NYC Marathon Website:	http://www.nyrrc.org/race/m9800.htm
	Winning Rate of the Wheelchair Runner Find the rate of the wheelchair winner in miles per minute. Write an equation that shows the time it would take for the winner to travel a given distance if he was using the rate you calculated in Part  Calculate the time it would take this person to do a race that is 20 miles at that rate. Create a line graph that shows the time for distances up to 30 miles.
NYC Marathon Website:	http://www.nyrrc.org/race/m98wch.htm
	International Friendship Run Choose a runner from a country other than the United States. Calculate the rate of that runner in the New York City Marathon in miles per minute. Write an equation that shows the time it would take for the runner you chose in Part a to travel a given distance if that runner was using the rate you calculated in Part a. Imagine that the runner you chose in Part a ran in the 4 mile International Friendship Race that takes place the day before the New York City Marathon. Use the equation you wrote in Part b to calculate how much time it would take that runner to run the International Friendship Run.
NYC Marathon Website:	http://www.nyrrc.org/race/m98intct.htm

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