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1998 Gauss (7) #10

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February 26, 2017
Gauss

Problem Statement

At the waterpark, Bonnie and Wendy decided to race each other down a waterslide. Wendy won by 0.250.25 seconds. If Bonnie’s time was exactly 7.807.80 seconds, how long did it take for Wendy to go down the slide?
<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(A)</span> 7.80 seconds<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(B)</span> 8.05 seconds<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(C)</span> 7.55 seconds<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(D)</span> 7.15 seconds<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 7.80~ \text{seconds} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 8.05~ \text{seconds} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 7.55~ \text{seconds} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 7.15~ \text{seconds} \qquad <spanclass=′latex−bold′>(E)</span> 7.50 seconds<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 7.50~ \text{seconds}
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