Question

The men's world record for swimming 1500.0 m in a long course pool (as of 2007) is 14 min 34.56 s. At this rate, how many seconds would it take to swim 0.600 miles? (1 mi = 1609 m.)

Answer 1

It will take 585.11 seconds for the swimmer to swim in a long course pool. The first step is to convert 0.600 miles into meters. The next step is to convert 14 minutes into seconds and add the result to 35.56 seconds. Then solve for the time using the rate of the swimmer.