An athlete claimed that his timing for a 100 m dash should be corrected because

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An athlete claimed that his timing for a 100 m dash should be corrected because the starting signal was gives by a gun fired from a point 10 m away from him and the timekeeper was standing close to the gun. The error due to this could be (in seconds) :

Options:

A . 0.03 sec

B . 0.1 sec

C . 0.5 sec

D . 0.7 sec

Answer: Option A

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