Bulan rows on a crew team. Her team rows their boat at a split (rate) of 2 min/500 m. What is Bulan's team's rowing rate in m/min?

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VNVDVI
Feb 23, 2018

#250#m/ #1#min.

Explanation:

If Bulan's team rows their boat at a rate of #2# minutes per #500# meters, they row at a rate of #1# minute per #250# meters. We know this because #1# minute is #1/2# of #2# minutes, and in this time, they will have to have rowed #1/2# the distance they would row in #2# minutes ( #500#m). #1/2# of #500# is #250#.

So, we now have the rate in min/m.

If, every #1# minute, Bulan's team rows #250# meters, this means that every #250# meters, they have rowed for #1# minute.

Bulan's team's rowing rate in m/min is #250#m/ #1#min.

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