Edward wants to determine which skateboarder won a race. The actual time taken by four skateboarders to skate the same distance is shown below. Skateboarder A B C D Time (in seconds) 4.28 4.24 4.26 4.25 If the stopwatch can measure to the nearest tenth of a second, which skateboarder will show as having a different time from the others?

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Edward wants to determine which skateboarder won a race. The actual time taken by four skateboarders to skate the same distance is shown below. Skateboarder	 A B C D Time (in seconds)	 4.28 4.24 4.26 4.25 If the stopwatch can measure to the nearest tenth of a second, which skateboarder will show as having a different time from the others?

anonymous · Answer

The skateboarder with the time of 4.24 will show as 4.2 while all the others will show as 4.3 if the stopwatch measures only to the nearest tenth.