Carly was swimming in a river. She swam a total of 884meters downstream at a constant velocity. She swam one-quarter of that distance in 13minutes. What was her velocity?

Answer 1

I will assume that we want to calculate velocity in meters/second.

Convert 13 minutes to seconds: (13 minutes)(60 seconds/minute) = 780 seconds

1/4 of 884 is (0.25)(884) = 221 meters

Velocity = (221 meters)/(780 seconds) = 0.28 m/s

If you want the velocity in meters/minute then (221)/(13) = 17 meters/minute