Final answer:
Andre swims at a rate of 1.25 laps per minute, which means in one minute he will swim 1.25 laps, and it takes him 0.8 minutes (or 48 seconds) to swim one lap.
Step-by-step explanation:
If Andre takes 4 minutes to swim 5 laps, we can calculate the time it takes for him to swim one lap. To do this, we divide the total time by the number of laps to find the time per lap.
- Time for 5 laps = 4 minutes.
- Time for 1 lap = 4 minutes / 5 laps = 0.8 minutes per lap.
To find how far he will go in 1 minute, we need to calculate his swimming rate per minute. Since he swims 5 laps in 4 minutes, we divide 5 laps by the time to get his lap rate per minute.
- Lap rate per minute = 5 laps / 4 minutes.
- Lap rate per minute = 1.25 laps per minute.
Therefore, in 1 minute, Andre will swim 1.25 laps.