Question

Frederick is training for a triathlon and wants to focus on swimming this week. He can swim 25 yards in 23 seconds. He set up a proportion to determine how long it would take him to swim 175 yards at this rate. Which proportions can be used to determine how long it would take him to swim 175 yards?

Answer 1

Answer:

161secs

Step-by-step explanation:

If Frederick can swim 25 yards in 23 seconds, then:

25 yards = 23 seconds

To determine how long it will take him to swim 175yards, we will say:

175 yards = x

Equating both expression:

25 yards = 23 seconds

175 yards = x

Cross multiply

25x = 23*175

25x = 4025

Divide both sides by 25

25x/25 = 4025/25

x = 161 secs

This means that it will take Frederick 161 secs to swim 175 yards