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A jogger runs 99yd in 10.00 seconds. What would be his time for a 458 m run at the same rate?

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So if he run 99yd in 10 seconds, we convert yards into meters.

Since
1yd = 0.9144m, then
99yd = 90.5256m.

Then we do:
90.5256m ÷
10s = 9.05256m/s.

Then we divide
458m ÷
9.05256m = 50.5934233s

So the answer is: He ran 458m in
50.5934233s.

Hope this helped! c:
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