Problema Solution
A swimming pool is 50 meters long. How many times would a swimmer have to swim the length of the pool in order to swim 1 kilometer?
Answer provided by our tutors
let 'x' be the number of times the swimmer ill swim the length of the pool
1 kilometer = 1000 meters
the length of the pool is 50 meters multiplied by the number of times x = 1000 meters
50x = 1000
by solving we find
x = 20 times
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the swimmer has to swim the length of the pool 20 times.