David W. answered • 08/14/17
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Five 6th graders were in a 3mile race. Johnny came in third with a time of 34 minutes. Three of the runners had times of '5, -3, and +4 minutes relative to Johnnys time. The fifth place racers time was 12 minutes slower than the winners. What was the fifth place runners time?
"Johnny came in third with a time of 34 minutes"
3rd place Johnny 34 minutes
"Three of the runners had times of -5, -3, and +4 minutes relative to Johnny's time" [assume -5]
1st place 29 minutes [34 - 5] [winner]
2nd place 31 minutes [34 - 3]
3rd place (Johnny) 34 minutes
4th place 38 minutes [34 + 4]
5th place 41 minutes [29 + 12] [note: slower means longer time]
David W.
08/14/17