Midway through a 200-meter race a photo is taken of five runners. It shows Meg 20 meter behind edith. Edith is 50 meters ahead of wanda, who is 20 meters behind Olivia. Olivia is 40 meter behind Nadine. Who is ahead?

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Midway through a 200-meter race a photo  is taken of five runners. It shows Meg 20 meter behind edith. Edith is 50 meters ahead of wanda, who is 20 meters behind Olivia. Olivia is 40 meter behind Nadine. Who is ahead?

anonymous · Answer

im guessing Nadine...but I could be wrong

anonymous · Answer

hmm

anonymous · Answer

i say Nadine.....u can do a sketch based on what the question says about the distances

anonymous · Answer

Edith is 50 ahead of Wanda. Wanda is 20 behind Olivia. Olivia is 40 behind Nadine. That means $$\large Wanda + 50 = Edith$$$$\large Wanda +20 +40 =Nadine$$

anonymous · Answer

so Nadine is ahead

anonymous · Answer

yes