Lucy’s school is celebrating Easter by having a race in which the winner will get a basket of chocolate eggs. Lucy is the fiftieth slowest runner in the school. Assuming no two runners are the same speed, how many runners are in Lucy’s school?
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I guess 50 runners are in Lucy's school
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There are 99 runners in the race .
Step-by-step explanation:
It is given that Lucy is the 50th slowest runner in the school.
So, from the bottom Lucy is at position 50 among all the runners of the school.
So, there are 49 runners before Lucy in the race and total of 50 runners but Lucy will win only once with a possibility as per the question.
So, 49 runners are not only before Lucy, instead 49 runners are also after Lucy otherwise Lucy will win the race without the chance because total winners are 50.
Therefore, There are 49 runners before Lucy and 49 after her.
Total runners = 49 + 49 + 1
= 99
Hence, There are 99 runners in the race .
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