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Person swimming.

César Cielo set the world record for the 50 meter freestyle swim in April 2009, at 20.91 seconds, breaking the previous record by Frédérick Bousquet of 20.94 seconds. Cielo is 1.95 meters tall (6 feet 5 inches) and Bousquet is 1.88 meters tall (6 feet 2 inches). If Bousquet traveled at his record speed for Cielo's time, how far short of the finish line would he stop?

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