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A school bus is transporting athletes home from an athletics meeting. Of these athletes, 15% took part in hurdles, 20% took part in the long jump event, 35% took part in the relay races, 30% ran the 100m sprint and 25% took part in the high jump event.

Explain how this is possible.​

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Because some of the athletes participated in more than one event.

User Tudor Zgureanu
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