document.write( "Question 437264: Solve. The amount of time it takes a swimmer to swim a race is inversely proportional to the average speed of the swimmer. A swimmer finishes a race in 75 seconds with an average speed of 4 feet per second. Find the average speed of the swimmer if it takes 60 seconds to finish the race.\r
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document.write( "*Note: When Quantities vary inversely,they are related by the relationship:
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document.write( "  k being  the constant of proportionality.
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document.write( "A swimmer finishes a race in 75 seconds with an average speed of 4 feet per second
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document.write( "   75sec = k/4'/sec
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document.write( "   300 = k
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document.write( "  t = 300/r
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document.write( "  60*r = 600
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document.write( "     r = 5'/sec \n" );
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