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Wanda has run many marathons and keeps track of all of her finishing times. At her most recent race, she finished in 136136 minutes. That is 20%20\% shorter than her previous race. What was Wanda's finishing time at the previous race?\newline_____\_\_\_\_\_ minutes

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Q. Wanda has run many marathons and keeps track of all of her finishing times. At her most recent race, she finished in 136136 minutes. That is 20%20\% shorter than her previous race. What was Wanda's finishing time at the previous race?\newline_____\_\_\_\_\_ minutes
  1. Calculate Previous Race Time: Calculate the time of the previous race based on the percentage decrease.\newlineReasoning: If 136136 minutes is 2020% shorter, it means Wanda's previous race was 100100% - 2020% = 8080% of the previous race time.\newlineCalculation: Let x be the time of the previous race. Then, 8080% of x equals 136136 minutes.\newline0.8x=1360.8x = 136
  2. Find x for Previous Race Time: Solve for x to find the previous race time.\newlineReasoning: Divide both sides by 00.88 to isolate x.\newlineCalculation: x=1360.8x = \frac{136}{0.8}\newlinex=170x = 170

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