Answer:
<u>475 runners</u> competed in the Labor Day race.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Last year, 60% of runners who competed in the Labor Day race finished in 1 hour or less. There were 285 runners who finished the Labor Day race in 1 hour or less.
Now, to find the runners competed in the Labor Day race.
Let the runners competed in the Labor Day race be
Rate of runners who competed in the Labor Day race finished in 1 hour or less = 60%.
Number of runners who competed in the Labor Day race finished in 1 hour or less = 285.
Now, to get the runners competed in the Labor Day race we put an equation:
<em>Dividing both sides by 0.60 we get:</em>
Therefore, 475 runners competed in the Labor Day race.