SOLUTION: Kim was the best runner in High School. One Day she ran the 100m in 40 seconds, and the 200m over the low hurdles in One and a half minutes. How many more seconds did it take her t

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Question 212904: Kim was the best runner in High School. One Day she ran the 100m in 40 seconds, and the 200m over the low hurdles in One and a half minutes. How many more seconds did it take her to run the 200m over the low hurdles then it did to run the 200m dash?

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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If Kim ran the 200m over the low hurdles in One and a half minutes,
how many seconds was that?
One minute = 60 sec
one-half minutes = 30 sec
60+%2B+30+=+90
It took her 90+-+40+=+50 seconds longer