Your boss made a mistake! When he ordered the lollipops, he ordered them based off the circumference instead of the diameter!! He ordered lollipops with a diameter of 10 in, when he wanted a circumference of 10 in. What is the difference between what he ordered and what he wanted?​

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Step-by-step explanation:

It is pretty easy to make comparisons to 10 ft/s.

If Liz ran 10 ft/s, she would run 460 ft in 46 s. Since she runs 420 ft, she runs slower than that.

If Emily ran 10 ft/s, she would run 600 ft in 1 minute, so Emily runs faster than that.

If Adam ran 10 ft/s, he would only run 4270 ft in 427 seconds. Since he runs 5280 ft in that time, his speed is definitely greater than 10 ft/s.

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At this point, we know that Adam and Emily run faster than Liz and Stephanie. So we need to compare Adam and Emily's rates.

Adam's time for 1 mile is about 7 minutes. If Emily ran for 7 minutes, her distance would be less than 7×700 ft = 4900 ft, substantially less than 1 mile (5280 ft).

Adam runs the fastest.

Comment on straightforward solution

Each rate can be computed by dividing distance by time:

  Liz: (420 ft)/(46 s) = 9.13 ft/s

  Adam: (5280 ft)/(427 s) = 12.37 ft/s

  Emily: (667 ft)/60 s) = 11.12 ft/s

Adam's is the highest, well above Stephanie's 10 ft/s.

These calculations require a calculator. The solution above was done without a calculator.