9/50 is the answer I think!
I converted 9/10 to decimal to make it easier for me to solve and got 0.9
I divided 0.9 by 5 and got 0.18
I converted 0.18 to fraction and got 9/50
The question also states that Lucy has a winning probability of 1/50, which means that she has 1 chance of winning if the total runners were 50. Therefore, there are 49 runners who may be faster than her.
The fact that Lucy is the 50th slowest runner, means that starting from the slowest she is in 50th position, therefore there are 49 runners that are slower than her.
The total number of runners will be the sum of those faster than Lucy, those slower than Lucy and Lucy:
49 + 49 + 1 = 99
There are 99 runners in Lucy's school.
Perimeter=4h+4
If the base is 2 more than the height, it gives us the equation:
b=h+2
The equation for the perimeter of a rectangle can be though of as 2b+2h, so substituting in (h+2) for b from the first equation, we get 2(h+2)+2h.
This can be simplified to be 2h+4+2h or 4h+4
The answer is 54 divided by 4
