Question

A top swimmer would be able to swim across a 25-meter pool in about 1 5 of a minute. how fast can a top swimmer go? simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction, mixed number, or whole number.

Answer 1

A top swimmer can swim across a 25-meter pool in 12 seconds.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find how fast a top swimmer can go, we need to convert the time taken to swim across a 25-meter pool into a speed. The given time is 1/5 of a minute. Since 1 minute is equal to 60 seconds, we can convert 1/5 of a minute to seconds by multiplying it by 60.

1/5 * 60 = 12 seconds.

Therefore, a top swimmer can swim across a 25-meter pool in 12 seconds.