Question

Alexis is training for her next 5k race. Her current 5k race time is 40 min. She wants

to decrease her time by 20%. What does Alexis want her next 5k race time to be?

Answer 1

32 minutes.

Explanation:

In this question, she would like to decrease her time by 20%. This means that her next time will only be 80% of her previous time.

To solve, we can simply convert 80% to a decimal, giving us 0.8 to use in our equation:

40×0.8= 32 minutes.