Comparing Olympic Heroes In the 2012 Olympics, UsainBolt of Jamaica won the gold medal in the 100-meter racewith a time of 9.69 seconds. In the 1896 Olympics, ThomasBurke of the United States won the gold medal in the100-meter race in 12.0 seconds. If they ran in the same race,repeating their respective times, by how many meters wouldBolt beat Burke?

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Comparing Olympic Heroes In the 2012 Olympics, Usain
Bolt of Jamaica won the gold medal in the 100-meter race
with a time of 9.69 seconds. In the 1896 Olympics, Thomas
Burke of the United States won the gold medal in the
100-meter race in 12.0 seconds. If they ran in the same race,
repeating their respective times, by how many meters would
Bolt beat Burke?

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