Question

A relay race is 1/10 kilometer long. Four athletes will run an equal distance to complete the relay. How far does each athlete run ?

Answer 1

25 metres. Because 1/10th of a kilometre is a 100 metres. And four athletes divided by 100 metres is 25 metres.

Answer 2

25 meters.

Explanation:

Let us suppose each athlete run x km.

Hence, four athlete will run 4x km.

Now, the distance of the relay race is 1/10 km

Thus, we have

`4x=(1)/(10)`

Divide both sides by 4

`x=(1)/(40)km`

Now, 1 km = 1000 meters. Thus, we have

`x=(1)/(40)*1000\\\\x=25`

Thus, each athlete run 25 meters.