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In the 2000 Olympics, Jones won the gold medal in the100-meter race with a time

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Question

In the 2000 Olympics, Jones won the gold medal in the100-meter race with a time of 10.75 seconds. In the 1968 Olympics,Tyus won the gold medal in the 100-meter race with a time of 11.08seconds. If they ran in the same race, repeating their respectivetimes, by how many meters would Jones beat Tyus? What is wrong with my chart, or what do I do next?? Name           Rate                     Time            Distance Jones            100/10.75            10.75s            100m Tyus             100/11.08            11.08s            100m Total               ?                        21.83s            200m In the 2000 Olympics, Jones won the gold medal in the100-meter race with a time of 10.75 seconds. In the 1968 Olympics,Tyus won the gold medal in the 100-meter race with a time of 11.08seconds. If they ran in the same race, repeating their respectivetimes, by how many meters would Jones beat Tyus? What is wrong with my chart, or what do I do next?? Name           Rate                     Time            Distance Jones            100/10.75            10.75s            100m Tyus             100/11.08            11.08s            100m Total               ?                        21.83s            200m

Explanation / Answer

When it says "by how many meters would Jones beat Tyus?" itmeans "when Jones finishes the race, how many meters would he beahead of Tyus?" That's why you need to figure out how farTyus travels in Jones's time (when he finishes), and once youfigure that he travels d=r*t=(100/11.08)*(10.75)=97.02m, you getthat he is 100m-97.02m=2.98m behind Jones.