Question

Simone Mauel, an American competitive swimmer, won a gold medal in the women's 100-meter freestyle event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her winning time was 52.70 seconds.

On average, how long did it take her to swim one meter?

Answer 1

1.90m/s

Explanation:

Divide the distance (100) by the time (52.70)

= 1.89753320683

Round it up:

= 1.90m/s

Answer 2

It took her an average of 1.89 seconds to swim 1 meter.

Explanation:

Divide:

`100/52.70=1.89753321`

Fix decimal to fit into correct form:

`1.89 sec/m`