Question

A swimmer swam the 50-meter freestyle in a time of 21 seconds. What was the speed to the nearest tenth of a meter per second?

Answer 1

The answer would be 2.4 meters per second. To find this, you would divide the 50 meters by 21 seconds. It equals 2.380952, and rounds to 2.4m/s.

Answer 2

2.4 meter per second

Explanation:

A swimmer swam the 50-meter freestyle in a time of 21 seconds.

Since a swimmer swam in 21 seconds = 50 meters

To calculate his speed in 1 second we will divide the total distance by the total time.

Therefore, he swam in 1 second =
`(50)/(21)`

= 2.380952 rounded to 2.4 meter/sec

The speed of the swimmer is 2.4 meter per second.