Question

Sarah competes in a long jump competition. Her first jump is 4.25m. Her best jump is 12% more than this. However, her best jump is 15% lower than the winning jump. Work out the length of the winning jump.

Answer 1

5.51m

Explanation:

Let's call the length of the winning jump "w".

Sarah's best jump is 12% more than her first jump, which was 4.25m. So her best jump was 4.25m * 1.12 = 4.77m.

However, her best jump is 15% lower than the winning jump, so we can set up an equation to solve for w:

4.77m * 1.15 = w

Solving for w:

w = 4.77m * 1.15 = 5.51m

So the winning jump was 5.51m.

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