The Ironman endurance race has a 2.4 miles swim. Javier can swim 0.5 miles in 20 minutes. If he can continue this pace, it will take him hours to finish the swim event.

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Sunsetjunks · Answer 1 · 2021-03-03T08:54:46+0000

Given :

The Ironman endurance race has a 2.4 miles swim.

Javier can swim 0.5 miles in 20 minutes.

To Find :

How much time in hours it takes to complete the race.

Solution :

Speed of Javier :

$s=(2.4)/((20)/(60))\ mph\\\\s= 7.2\ mph$

Let, time taken to cover 2.4 miles is t .

So,

$t = (2.4)/(7.2)\ hours\\\\t = 0.33\ hours$

Hence, this is the required solution.