Question

During an alpine skiing event, the times of four skiers were listed below. Time is measured in seconds.

Skier Skier A Skier B Skier C Skier D
Time 114.36 114.40 114.48 114.44
If the stopwatch used was only accurate to the tenth of a second, which skier's time would be different from the others?

A. Skier A
B. Skier B
C. Skier C
D. Skier D

Answer 1

If you round 114.36 to the nearest tenth, what do you get?

Answer 2

Skier A!

Answer 3

thnx :)

Answer 4

C 114.48 would read 114.5

Answer 5

SKier A would be in a different time period within the .1 of a second

Answer 6

ok so is it A or C? im confused now

Answer 7

c

Answer 8

114.36 rounds to 114.4
114.40 rounds to 114.4
114.48 rounds to 114.5
114.44 rounds to 114.4

so C is the one that is different

Answer 9

ok thnx guys :)