last week, rob ran a race in 87 seconds. this week he ran the same race and improved his time by 0.809 seconds. how long did it take rob to run the race this week?

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last week, rob ran a race in 87 seconds. this week he ran the same race and improved his time by 0.809 seconds. how long did it take rob to run the race this week?

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Identify given values and operation

Calculate the new time

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