SOLUTION: Cross-Country Competition: The school in an athletic conference complete in a cross-country meet to which each school sends three participants. Erin, Katelyn, and Iliana are the th

Question 709535: Cross-Country Competition: The school in an athletic conference complete in a cross-country meet to which each school sends three participants. Erin, Katelyn, and Iliana are the three representatives from one school. Erin finish the race in the middle position; Kathlyn finished after Erin, in the 19th position; and Iliana finished 28th. How many schools took part in the race?
I need you to please how to get the answer by explaining using step by step and not just telling me the answer, tyvm!
Answer by josh_jordan(263) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
* Please note my original answer was incorrect. I was informed by the student that the instructor's textbook listed the answer as 11 schools. In order for there to be 11 schools, there must be 33 participants, which would make Erin, who finished the race in the middle, be in 17th place. However, the textbook said Kathlyn finished after Erin, in the 19th position. It was originally assumed by me, that she finished IMMEDIATELY after Erin, which would have put Kathlyn in the 18th position, not the 19th position. But, this couldn't be the case if there were 33 participants. I'm at a loss on how to solve this word problem without more information. :(
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