Tara specializes in the mile run at her team's track meets. In this morning's meet, she cut 6 seconds off her previous fastest time.What integer represents the change in Tara's fastest time?___ seconds
Q. Tara specializes in the mile run at her team's track meets. In this morning's meet, she cut 6 seconds off her previous fastest time.What integer represents the change in Tara's fastest time?___ seconds
Tara's Time Improvement: Tara improved her time by reducing it, which means the change is negative. She cut 6 seconds off her previous time.
Representation as Integer: To represent this change as an integer, we use a negative sign because it indicates a decrease. So, the change in seconds is −6.