Answer:
31 minutes
Step-by-step explanation:
Here, we have 8 competitors with the previous runner outrunning the present by 9 seconds
1st runner time = 4 minutes 37 seconds
2nd runner time = 4 minutes 37 seconds - 9 seconds = 4 minutes 28 seconds
3rd runner time = 4 minutes 28 seconds - 9 seconds = 4 minutes 19 seconds
4th runner time = 4 minutes 19 seconds - 9 seconds = 4 minutes 10 seconds
5th runner time = 4 minutes 10 seconds - 9 seconds = 4 minutes 1 second
6th runner time s= 4 minutes 1 second - 9 seconds = 3 minutes 52 seconds
7th runner time = 3 minutes 52 seconds - 9 seconds = 3 minutes 43 seconds
8th runner time = 3 minutes 43 seconds - 9 seconds = 3 minutes 34 seconds
The total time is the addition of all the times
For clarity sake, we shall be adding all the minutes together and all the seconds together;
That will be ;
(4 * 6) + 3 minutes + ( 34 + 43 + 52 + 1 + 10 + 19 + 28 + 37)
= 27 minutes + 224 seconds
We need to convert 224 seconds to minutes
Since 60 seconds make one minute; we have
224 - 60(3) = 3 minutes and 44 seconds
Let’s add this to the minutes we had before
That would be;
27 minutes + 3 minutes + 44 seconds
= 30 minutes 44 seconds
since 44 seconds is greater than 1/2 minute (30 seconds), we can approximate it to 1 minute
So the total time is 30 minutes + 1 minute = 31 minutes
