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In a Decathlon, the events are 100m, 400m, 100m hurdles, 1500m, High jump, Pole-vault, Long jump, Discus, Shot Put and Javelin. The performance in the first four of these events is consolidated into Score-1, the next three into Score-2, and the last three into Score3. Each such consolidation is obtained by giving appropriate positive weights to individual events. The final score is simply the total of these three scores. The athletes with the highest, second highest and the third highest final scores receive the gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. The table below gives the scores and performances of nineteen top athletes in this event.
CAT/2003
Question . 182
What is the least Daley Thompson must get in Score-2 that ensures him a bronze medal?
Explanatory Answer
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(b) From the final score it is clear that Frank Busemann got the Gold and Dan O’Brien got the Silver medal. The third highest score is of Trosten Voss, 8880.
Hence for a bronze, Daley Thompson must have a final score of 8881.
He must score, 8881 – 582 – 3003 = 5296