Josh has been running for 6 min and completes a lap in 7 min. Gabe has been running for 2 min and completes a lap in 9 min.



How many more laps must Josh and Gabe complete to have run the same amount of time?

Josh has been running for 6 min and completes a lap in 7 min. Gabe has been running for 2 min and completes a lap in 9 min.


How many more laps must Josh and Gabe complete to have run the same amount of time?

i think the correct answer would be 2.

To find out how many more laps Josh and Gabe need to complete to have run the same amount of time, we first need to calculate the total running time for each of them.

Josh averages 1 lap in 7 minutes, so in 6 minutes, he runs (6 minutes / 7 minutes per lap) = 0.857 laps.

Gabe averages 1 lap in 9 minutes, so in 2 minutes, he runs (2 minutes / 9 minutes per lap) = 0.222 laps.

Now, we can find the difference in laps ran by each person by subtracting the laps they've already completed from the total number of laps they need to complete in order to have run the same amount of time.

For Josh, he needs to run a total of 1 lap, so the difference is (1 lap - 0.857 laps) = 0.143 laps.

For Gabe, he needs to run a total of 0.857 laps (corresponding to the 6 minutes it took for Josh to run), so the difference is (0.857 laps - 0.222 laps) = 0.635 laps.

Therefore, Josh needs to complete approximately 0.143 laps more, and Gabe needs to complete approximately 0.635 laps more in order for them to have run the same amount of time.