The coach of the track and field team is putting together groups of runners to run relays. Each group will need to run a race th

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at is 1/2 of a mile long. Each runner has to run 1/8 of a mile in the race. How many runners will the coach need for each relay race group?

2 answers:

Nastasia [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-23T01:06:59+03:00

8 0

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Add 1/2+1/2=1/1 or 1

If she needs 1/8 runners

Half of 1/8 is 1/4 or 1x4=4

Or 2x2=4

andrew11 [14] · Answer 2 · 2022-09-22T23:10:26+03:00

4 0

Answer:

16 runner

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that,

Each group will need to run a race that is 1/2 of a mile long. Each runner has to run 1/8 of a mile in the race.

Let there are x no of runners. ATQ,

$\dfrac{1}{8}x=\dfrac{1}{2}\\\\x=\dfrac{(1/2)}{(1/8)}\\\\x=16$

So, there are 16 runner that are needed for each relay race group.