Out of 290 racers who started the marathon, 272 completed the race, 15 gave up, and 3 were disqualified. What percentage did not complete the marathon?

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Ygrek asked Dec 16, 2022

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Out of 290 racers who started the marathon, 272 completed the race, 15 gave up, and 3 were disqualified. What percentage did not complete the marathon?

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Ygrek asked Dec 16, 2022

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6% of the racers did not ocmplete the marathon

Explanation:

290 racers

272 completed the race

15 + 3 = 18 did not complete the race

(272)/(290) = 0.94 = 94%

(18)/(290) = 0.06 = 6%

Dmytro Titov answered Dec 22, 2022

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