The men's world record for swimming 1500 m in a long course pool is 14 min 34.56 s. At this rate, how many seconds would it take the men's world record holder to swim 0.650 mi?

Answer 1

1500 meters in 14 minutes, 34.56 seconds

how fast in .65 miles?

14 minutes = 14(60) seconds = 840 seconds

840 + 34.56 = 874.56 seconds to run 1500 meters

convert 1500 meters to miles:

.93206 approximately, a little less than 1 mile

1 meter is close to a yard, 440(4) yds = 1 mile = 1760 yards 1500<1760

.93 mile in 874.56 seconds

.65 is less than .93 , so time is less than 874.56

T/874.56 = .65/.93

T = 874.56(.65)/.93 = 611.25 seconds

Time to run .65 part of a mile = 611.25/60 = 10 minutes and about 11 1/4 seconds