Question

So far this season the last athlete’s fastest time is 53.18 seconds, and his average is 53.92. In this race the last athlete expects to run faster than his slowest time. Is it possible for the team to fail to meet their goal? Write an inequality and solve

Answer 1

The team will meet their goal if the expected time is less than 53.18 seconds.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine if it's possible for the team to fail to meet their goal, we need to compare the last athlete's fastest time with the expected time in the current race. If we assume that the athlete's slowest time is equal to the average time, which is 53.92 seconds, then the inequality can be written as:

53.18 < x, where x is the expected time in the current race.

Since the last athlete expects to run faster than his slowest time, the team will meet their goal if the expected time is less than 53.18 seconds.