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19 February, 00:26

Robert can swim the first 50 meters of a race in 1 minute. Then he slows down by 12 seconds for each of the next 50 meters of a race. How long will it take Robert to swim a 400 meter race?

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  1. 19 February, 00:55
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    Since you already know that the first 50 meters took 1min you can subtract

    400meters-50meters=350meters

    350meters:50meters=7minutes

    It increases at 12 sec./min for 7mins

    1.12,1.24,1.36,1.48,2.00,2.12,2.24 = 11.56+1.00=12.56min
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