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adam is racing around a circular running track. the time he takes to run each lap is 5 seconds less than he took for the previous one. he completes the first lap in 1 minute and 58 seconds. how long (in seconds) does he take to run his seventh lap?

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Time taken by Adam to complete his seventh lap of the circular track as per given data is equal to 1minute 28seconds.

As given in the question,

Time taken by Adam to complete hi first lap of circular track = 1 min 58 sec

First term t₁ = 1 minute 58seconds

Time taken by each successive lap is 5seconds less then the previous lap

Common difference 'd' = -5seconds

let time taken to complete the seventh lap be t₇

t₇ = t₁ + ( 7 - 1 ) d

⇒ t₇ = 1 minute 58 seconds + ( 6 ) (- 5seconds)

       =  1 minute 58 seconds - 30seconds

      = 1 minute 28 seconds

Therefore, the time taken by Adam to complete his seventh lap is equal to

1 minute 28 seconds.

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