document.write( "Question 1177223: 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 200 seconds with an average speed of 3 feet per second. Find the average speed of the swimmer if it takes 120 seconds to finish the race.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "t= k/s\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "200=k/3
\n" ); document.write( "k=600\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "120 = 600/s\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "s= 600/120\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "s= 5 \r
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