Two races that a student runs every year are the 3 mile race in his hometown and the 1505 meter race in his college town. Complete parts (a) through (d) below.

Student Other Student

Hometown 20:27:37 22:15:25

College town 18:44:00 20:17:38

Please answer this question first, then I will add the b-d one by one.

a. The college town race is ______% of the hometown race in length.

Thank you.