Swimmers in lanes

Question

At the start of a race two swimmers are swimming side by side in adjacent lanes

of a pool whose lanes are 25 meters long. One swimmer, swimming at a rate of 60 meters

per minute, pulls ahead of the other swimmer who is swimming at a rate of 55 meters per

minute. How many minutes pass from the start of the race, until the slower athlete hits

the finish of a 200 meter race?

 

Please help!!!!

Answer 1

I your question is worded correctly, this is the same as how long did it take the slower swimmer to finish the race.

So using Rate * Time = Distance,

               55  * T      = 200

                       T       = 200/55 = 3.6363636 minutes

 

Hope this helped.