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A swimmer swims 1000 m in the pool in 8.6 minutes. What was the average speed of the swimmer in m/s?
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A swimmer swims 1000 m in the pool in 8.6 minutes. What was the average speed of the swimmer in m/s?

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516000 milliseconds(you wanted it in milliseconds right?)


User Guilherme Rambo
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Speed = (distance covered) / (time to cover the distance)

Speed = (1,000 meters / 8.6 minutes) x (1 minute / 60 seconds) = 1.94 m/s
(rounded)
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