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Question

The town leisure centre has a swimming pool. The pool is 25 metres (m) long and can be divided into 8 lanes for fitness training and races. You have been asked to help with some tasks about the swimming pool and the users.The swimming pool is being used for lane swimming. There are 8 lanes in the pool. 3 of the lanes are reserved for fast swimmers. What proportion of the lanes are available for slower swimmers? Show your answer as a percentage.

Answer 1

8-3=5.

5/8 

5/8*100% = 62.5%

Answer 2

Hi, Mercy

 Okay, so 3 of the lanes are for fast swimmers. Therefore 5 of the 8 are for slower swimmers.

So your proportion is 5/8 = .625 = 62.5 %