Runners in the half marathon entered in three waves. There were 341 runners in the first wave, 295 runners in the second wave, a

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Runners in the half marathon entered in three waves. There were 341 runners in the first wave, 295 runners in the second wave, a

nd 316 runners in the third wave. If seven out of eight runners finished the race, how many did not finish?
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Natasha_Volkova [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-28T03:07:09+03:00

Natasha_Volkova [10]3 years ago

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190 runners would not have finished the race.

If you add up all the waves, there were 952 total runners.

If 7/8 finished the race, then that means that 1/8 did not finish the race.

Just multiply 1/8 by 952 to get the amount that did not finish.
It would be 190.