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A horse runs seven furlongs in 1:26 1/5, one-fifth of a second is 1/431, or .23 percent, of the whole race.?

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This statement comes from a book entitled, "Picking Winners," A Horseplayer's guide by Andrew Beyer page 138.

What is the step by step method used to calculate the result in the statement?

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  1. Pretty simple.  60 seconds in the minute + the 26 seconds * 5 (the number of fifths in a second) = 86*5=430 + the last fifth =431 fifths.  Therefore one of those is 1/431 or 0.23%.


  2. feet per second,time and distance

    :58.2/5----56.51 ft  per second

    7/8in 1:23 4/5 -----55.13 ft, per second

    This is how they do it hope it helps



    American horse racing MANUAL

    1 mile in 1:372/5-----54.21 ft per second
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