A swimmer completes 50 meters in 45 seconds. At this pace, how long will 200 meters take?
Answer
180 seconds
How to solve it
1
Time for 50m: 45 sec
2
200m is 4 times 50m
3
Time for 200m: 45 × 4 = 180 seconds
Hints
How many 50m segments in 200m?
Multiply time by number of segments