Question

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Paulo ran a marathon in about 1.56*10^4 s.
(a) Write Paulo’s time in standard notation.
(b) Miguel ran a marathon in 4 h and 16 min. Who ran the race in the shorter amount of time?

Show your work.

Answer 1

A.1.56 *10^4=15600 seconds

B. paulo =15600 s /60 min=260 mins/1 hour=4 h 10 mins

Miguel= 4 h 16 min

Paulo can the race in a shorter amount of time approximately 6 mins faster than Miguel.