How much longer (percentage) is a one-mile race than a 1500- race?

Answer 1

1500 what? What units are used for the 1500-race?

Answer 2

oh sorry about that, it is 1500 m

Answer 3

one mile = 1.609344 km
= 1609.344 m
so the excess distance over the 1500 m race
= (1609.344 - 1500) m
= 106.344 m

as a percentage that would be
109.344/1500 = .0728 or appr. 7.3%

Answer 4

Thank you!

Answer 5

There are several ways to figure this problem. I took the easy way and converted 100 meters to miles at this site

http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/meters-to-miles.htm

1500 meters = 0.932 mile

1 - 0.932 = 0.068

0.068 = 6.8%

Answer 6

guilty of a transcript error.

last two lines should have been ...

as a percentage that would be
106.344/1500 = .0709 or appr. 7.1%

Answer 7

I understand the concept thank you again!

Answer 8

Thank you Carrie ! 7.3 % shorter than a mile. I asked Cirrie the same question- took a lot or digging to get to an answer!!

Answer 9

Thank you so much.

Answer 10

this helped a lot