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?

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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(52832) About Me  (Show Source):
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The rate of the loser was  500%2F43.9 meters per second,


and in 43.2 seconds he (the loser) covered the distance  %28500%2F43.9%29%2A43.2 = 492.03 meters.


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


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