You are participating in a race. You overtake the second. What position do you finish?
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the second\nof course
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Actually, you don't get points for being on the pole.  If you start on the pole and get the lead on the first lap, then you will get 5 bonus points for leading the first lap.  The only thing the pole position gets is bragging rights and being in front of the rest of the pack.
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Seriously, it ALL depends on the driver.  I used to do quarter mile racing and could beat people in their own cars that couldn't beat me.  The car is important too, but the driver that knows how to push the car just right, usually wins.
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have the horse go really fast.  Faster than the others and cross the finish line first.
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Second to last place.
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In pursuit, two teams start on the opposite sides of the track and "pursue" each other. You can win your heat by either having a better time over the designated distance, or by catching the other team.\n\nIf you catch the other team, you are 1/2 lap ahead of them so they just end it. Sort of like a slaughter rule in softball.\n\nIf you're get bold, you can go out way too fast early in hopes of catching the other team. If you fail, you end up getting killed by your opponents when you crash and burn later in the race.
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In horse racing the first horse across the finish line is in the money. The second horse across is in the show place. This is from a song from the forties. If you were to go to the track today you would find Win Place Show, first second third. These are catagories of talking about the winnings of a horse.
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Sometimes you learn more from the race then you do when actually crossing the finish line.
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An alternative method:\nThe times taken by A, B and C to complete one lap around the track would be 10/7, 10/8 and 10/9 mins, respectively. Now we just need the LCM of these three to find out when they will all catch up with each other. \n\nThis turns out to be 10 mins.
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the person behind you. no matter what, the person behind you should have been paying enough attention to avoid hitting you.
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am i fourth or can i get it by coming in first ahead of fourth (THIRD)
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Before overtaking the second person you were third. After overtaking, you are now second.\n\nYou're also very, very tired.  :)
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Pace yourself. Like the name says, use up every piece of time you have for each lap. Don't rush and keep a good pace.
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The final B is for positioning the sportists after the places of those who were in final A. E.g. if 4 people started in the A final then the first in the B final takes the 5th place.
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Finish the question???
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You over took the guy in 2nd so your now coming...SECOND...
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3 teams got to the end at the same time, the hippies were last.  It was a non-elimination leg so they are still in though.  I was first, na-na-na-na-na---na