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?

1 Answer
Feb 23, 2018

250m/ 1min.

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 ( 500m). 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 250m/ 1min.