Five swimmers entered a competition. Four of the swimmers have had their turns. Their scores are 10.8s, 10.75s, 10.79s and 10.81s. What score must the last swimmer get in order to win the competition?

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Cheyanne Hayes

11 April, 10:33

Five swimmers entered a competition. Four of the swimmers have had their turns. Their scores are 10.8s, 10.75s, 10.79s and 10.81s. What score must the last swimmer get in order to win the competition?

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Donovan Sanders · Answer 1

10.74s or faster (lower)

Step-by-step explanation:

The lowest time out of all of them is 10.75, so to all the 5th swimmer needs to do to win is to undercut the swimmer who got 10.75s by a 100th of a second. i. e 10.74s or faster (lower) would win.