Adding pace_calc.py

paigeb · Aug 28, 2013 · 99b5599 · 99b5599
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diff --git a/Card.py b/Card.py
diff --git a/Tagger.py b/Tagger.py
diff --git a/Threader.py b/Threader.py
diff --git a/Threader_soln.py b/Threader_soln.py
diff --git a/Wanderer.py b/Wanderer.py
diff --git a/image_demo.py b/image_demo.py
diff --git a/lumpy_diag05.py b/lumpy_diag05.py
diff --git a/markov.py b/markov.py
diff --git a/pace_calc.py b/pace_calc.py
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+"""
+
+Code example from Think Python, by Allen B. Downey.
+Available from http://thinkpython.com
+
+Copyright 2013 Allen B. Downey.
+Distributed under the GNU General Public License at gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.
+
+If you run a 10 kilometer race in 43 minutes 30 seconds, what is your
+average time per mile? What is your average speed in miles per hour?
+(Hint: there are 1.61 kilometers in a mile).
+
+"""
+
+minutes = 43.5
+hours = minutes / 60
+
+km_per_mile = 1.61
+km = 10
+miles = km / km_per_mile 
+
+pace = minutes / miles
+mph = miles / hours
+
+print 'Pace in minutes per mile:', pace
+print 'Average speed in mph:', mph