In 1999, Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco ran the mile in world record time. Had he taken 1.26 seconds longer, his time would have matched the previous record of 3 min, 44.39 s. Write and solve an equation to find the 1999 record time.

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In 1999, Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco ran the mile in world record time.  Had he taken 1.26 seconds longer, his time would have matched the previous record of 3 min, 44.39 s. Write and solve an equation to find the 1999 record time.

anonymous · Answer

Okay, what do you think the answer is?

anonymous · Answer

Im not sure that's why I am asking for help

anonymous · Answer

2 min 18.39 seconds ?