Question

The men\'s world record for swimming 1500.0 m in a long course pool (as of 2007) is 14 min 34.56 s. At this rate, how many seconds would it take to swim 0.450 miles? (1 mi = 1609 m.)

Answer 1

how many meters in 0.45 miles? If that number is N, then it will take

(N/1500)*(14'34.56")