A student tries out for the track team and runs a lap in 45 seconds. The coach tells her she will have to cut her time by 50% to

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DochEvi [55]

3 years ago

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A student tries out for the track team and runs a lap in 45 seconds. The coach tells her she will have to cut her time by 50% to

make the team. How fast must she run a lap to make the team?

Mathematics

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Fiesta28 [93] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-04T02:02:06+03:00

Fiesta28 [93]3 years ago

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Cutting her time by 50% means reducing her time by half. Half of 45 seconds is 22.5 seconds. Therefore, to make the team, she must run a lap in 22.5 seconds.

Scrat [10] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-04T03:53:33+03:00

Scrat [10]3 years ago

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Answer:

Cutting her time by 50% means reducing her time by half. Half of 45 seconds is 22.5 seconds. Therefore, to make the team, she must run a lap in 22.5 seconds.

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