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Jennifer and Cristina run a race

Jennifer finishes in 33.9 seconds
and Cristina finishes in 38.4
seconds. What is the difference in
the race times?
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Jennifer and Cristina run a race Jennifer finishes in 33.9 seconds and Cristina finishes-example-1
User Hussein Alrubaye
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Answer:

4.5 seconds

Explanation:

The difference means subtraction.

So, we just subtract 33.9 from 38.4 to find the difference:

38.4 - 33.9

4.5

The difference is 4.5 seconds

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