Question

Out of 330 racers who started the marathon, 303 completed the race, 25 gave up, and 2 were disqualified. Whatpercentage did not complete the marathon?

Answer 1

Given:

$\begin{gathered} \text{Total number of racers=330} \\ \text{Number of racers completed the race=303} \\ \text{Number of racers gave up the race=25} \\ \text{Number of racers disqualified=2} \end{gathered}$

To find:

Percentage that the racers did not complete the marathon.

Explanation:

$\begin{gathered} \text{Number of racers did not complete the race=2}5+2 \\ =27 \end{gathered}$$\begin{gathered} \text{Percentage that racers did not complete marathon=}\frac{27}{330}\times100 \\ =8.18\text{ \%} \end{gathered}$

Final answer:

Therefore, Percentage that the racers did not complete the marathon is 8.18%