SOLUTION: This is pretty confusing how would I do this Of the 20,118 runners who started the 2006 Boston Marathon, 19,682 finished the 26.2 mile course. What is the total distance of all

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Question 232648: This is pretty confusing how would I do this
Of the 20,118 runners who started the 2006 Boston Marathon, 19,682 finished the 26.2 mile course. What is the total distance of all the runners that finished the race? How many times around the globe would these marathon runners go? Consider the circumference of the Earth to be 2.5 x 10^4 miles. Express answer in standard notation. Round answer to nearest tenth.

Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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19,682*26.2=515,668.4 miles total.
5.156884^10^5/2.5*10^4=20.6 times around the world.