document.write( "Question 440765: In 1990, Tom Jager of the United States set a world record by swimming 50 m at a rate of 2.29 m/s. Previously, the fastest swimming rate on record was 2.26 m/s, set in 1975 by David Holmes Edgar, also of the United States. Calculate the percentage by which the rate increased.
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2.29-2.26/2.26=.0132743363---so the rate increased by 1.32743363%.. \n" ); document.write( "
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