SOLUTION: A team of runners is needed to run a 1/3-mile relay race. If each runner must run 1/9 mile, how many runners will be needed?

Question 1141731: A team of runners is needed to run a 1/3-mile relay race. If each runner must run
1/9 mile, how many runners will be needed?
Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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To get the answer, divide the total race distance by the distance running by each single runner


     number of runners =  =  = 3 runners.    ANSWER

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