Question

Roxanne and her friends enjoy playing with hula hoops during recess. They can all keep a hula hoop from falling on the ground for about the same time. This table shows each friend and her best time at keeping the hula hoop from falling to the ground today during recess.

Name Best hula hoop time (seconds)
Roxanne 35.2
Tess 42.5
Maura 49.5
Kelsey 34.5
Estelle 44.6
Destiny 40.5
Which friend's best time was about 45 seconds?

Answer 1

Explanation:

in the headline for this question it says "college". really, this is a college level question ???

anyway, the number in the list closest to 45 is 44.6 (it is only off by 0.4, all the other numbers have a bigger difference).

the name associated with 44.6 is Estelle.

so, Estelle's best time was about 45 seconds.