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Please help me with this math problem, The seventh-grade winner ran the mile in 5 minutes and 8 seconds. The eighth-grade winner ran the mile in 4 minutes and 55 seconds. How many more seconds did it take for the seventh-grade winner to run a mile?

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First, let’s simply convert minutes to seconds.
5 minutes = 300 seconds
4 minutes =240 seconds

Second, simply add the remaining seconds to each students mile time
7th grader: 308 seconds
8th grader: 295 seconds

Third, simply subtract the smallest amount of time from the largest

308-295=13

Our answer here is 13 seconds.
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We will convert minutes to seconds for both times. To do that we will use the following conversion factor:


1\min =60s

Converting the time for the seventh grade:


5\min *(60s)/(1\min)=300s

Therefore, the total number of seconds for the seventh grade is:


t_7=300s+8s=308s

Now we convert the time for the eighth grade:


4\min *(60s)/(1\min)=240s

The total number of seconds for the eighth grade is:


t_8=240s+55s=295s

Now we determine the difference between both times:


\begin{gathered} d=t_7-t_8 \\ d=308s-295s=13s \end{gathered}

Therefore, the seventh-grade winner has 13 more seconds.

Another way of solving it is noticing that for 4 min and 55s there is a difference of 5 seconds to be 5 min and to that, we add the 8 seconds of the seventh grade we get:


5s+8s=13s

And we get the same answer.

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