Question

Steve can complete the 100m dash in 10 seconds by Paul can run it in 12 seconds how does Steve's time compared to Paul's

Answer 1

Answer: So Steve complete the 100m dash in 10 seconds, and Paul in 12 seconds. And you want to compare the times:

you can do it in two ways, first the difference:

12 - 10 = 2, so paul needs 2 more seconds to complete the 100m, but this doesn't give us much information.

now the quotient:

We can divide the times, and obtain a ratio between them:

so the time of Steve is 10/12 = 0.83 times the time of Paul.

you also could do 12/10 = 1.2, this says that Paul time is 1.2 times the time of Steve.

Answer 2

Paul can run 10m per 1 second

Steve can run 8.333m per 1 second