SOLUTION: A swimmer wants to get better at swimming for longer and longer distances. She wants to calculate how many miles she swims. She sets up the following dimensional analysis problem.

Question 1129031: A swimmer wants to get better at swimming for longer and longer distances. She wants to calculate how many miles she swims. She sets up the following dimensional analysis problem. What are the units for the missing ratio in this dimensional analysis problem?

laps/meters*___/___*feet/mile=laps/mile
A) feet/meters
B)meters/feet
C)laps/feet
D)miles/meters
E)meters/miles
I think it is either B or D. But I'm not sure. Thanks!
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's meters/feet
B
That way everything cancels except laps/mile
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