The second place finisher in the canoe race lost to the winner by only 1/12 of the winner,s time. If the winning time was 3 1/5 minutes,by how many seconds did the runner up lose?
To find out how many seconds the runner-up lost by, we need to first calculate the time it took for the winner to finish the race.
The winning time is given as 3 1/5 minutes. We can convert this mixed number into an improper fraction:
3 1/5 = (3 * 5 + 1)/5 = 16/5
So, the winning time is 16/5 minutes.
Now, we know that the runner-up lost to the winner by only 1/12 of the winner's time. To calculate how many seconds this is, we need to find 1/12 of the winning time in seconds.
Since there are 60 seconds in a minute, we can convert the winning time into seconds by multiplying it by 60:
(16/5) * 60 = 16 * (60/5) = 16 * 12 = 192 seconds
Now, to find out how many seconds the runner-up lost by, we need to calculate 1/12 of the winning time in seconds:
1/12 * 192 = 16 seconds
Therefore, the runner-up lost by 16 seconds.