Question

To qualify for the long jump competition, an athlete

must jump a combined distance of more than
16 meters in 3 jumps. Jackie jumped 4.86 meters,
5.428 meters, and 5.9 meters. Did Jackie quality for
the competition?
Show your work.

Answer 1

It is resulted that the Jackie qualify for the competition .

Explanation:

Given as :

To qualify for the long jump competition , the athlete should jump 16 meters or above in 3 jumps .

The distance cover by Jackie in his first jump = 4.86 meters

The distance cover by Jackie in his second jump = 5.428 meters

The distance cover by Jackie in his third jump = 5.9 meters

So, From the data ,

The total distance cover by Jackie in this all three jump = 4.86 m + 5.428 m + 5.9 m

Or , The total distance cover by Jackie in this all three jump = 16.188 meters

So, from the calculation it is clear that the sum of all three jumps of Jackie i.e 16.188 meters is more than the qualifying distance of 16 meters or more

Hence It is resulted that the Jackie qualify for the competition . Answer