Question

Lesson Application Problem 521

Rane Charles and Samran na 5 race on Saturday. They were the top 4 Binishers. Here are
Cras 25.9 minutes
Randy 32.2 minutes
Charte 32.28 minutes
Sam: 25.85 minutes
who won first place? Who won second place? Third? Fourth?

Answer 1

1st to 4th: Sam, Cras, Randy, Charte

Explanation:

The places are determined by putting the times in increasing order.

time, place, name

25.85, 1st place, Sam

25.90, 2nd place, Cras

32.20, 3rd place, Randy

32.28, 4th place, Charte

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Additional comment

Sometimes it is easier to compare values when they all have the same number of decimal places.