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On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere set off on his midnight ride from Charlestown to Lexington. If he had ridden straight to Lexington without stopping, he would have traveled 11 miles in 26 minutes. In such a ride, what would the average speed of his horse have been, to the nearest tenth of a mile per hour?

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25.4
The average speed is the total distance divided by the total time. The total distance is 11 miles and the total time is 26 minutes. Thus, the average speed is `11/26` miles per minute. The question asks for the average speed in miles per hour, and there are 60 minutes in an hour, converting miles per minute to miles per hour gives the following:
Average speed `="11 miles"/"26 minutes" xx "60 minutes"/"1 hour"`
`=660/26` miles per hour
`~~` 25.38 miles per hour
Therefore, to the nearest tenth of a mile per hour, the average speed of Paul Revere’s ride would have been 25.4 miles per hour.
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