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logan swam 750 meters in 1/3 hour mila swam 3/3 of logans distance in 1/4 hour what is logans average swimming speed? what is milas swimming speed? show work

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Answer:

Logan's average swimming speed = 0.625 metres/second

Mia's average swimming speed0.833 metres/second

Explanation:

Speed is obtained by dividing the distance covered by the time taken to cover such a distance.

It will be necessary to make sure we are working in seconds for our time units.

Logan's swimming time: 1/3 hours will be = 20 minutes = 1200 seconds

Mia's swimming time: 1/4 hours will be = 15 minutes = 900 seconds

Logan swam 750 metres. Logan's swimming speed will be

750metres / 1200 seconds = 0.625 metres/second

Mia's distance swam is 3/3 of Logan's. If we reduce the fraction 3/3 to its lowest term, we will have that it will be = 1/1.

1/1 X 750metres = 750 metres.

This means that Mia swam exactly the same distance as Logan.

Mia's swimming speed = 750 metres/ 900 seconds = 0.833 metres/second

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