SOLUTION: In a 500-meter race, the winner had a time of 43.2 seconds and the loser had a time of 43.9 seconds. How far behind was the loser at the finish?

Question 1172091: In a 500-meter race, the winner had a time of 43.2 seconds
and the loser had a time of 43.9 seconds. How far behind
was the loser at the finish?

Answer by ikleyn(52835) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

Watch attentively my logic.

The rate of the loser was   meters per second,


and in 43.2 seconds he (the loser) covered the distance   = 492.03 meters.


HENCE, the loser was about 8 meters behind the winner at the finish.      ANSWER

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