If each lap in a pool is 100 meters long,how many laps equal one mile
Round to the nearest tenth.(Hint:1 foot=0.3048 meter)
1 mile = 5280 ft
lets do a ratio: 1ft/.3034m = x ft/100m
the ft and meters sybols cancel, so 1/.3048 =x/100
so 100/.3038 = x = 329.164
so there are 329.164 ft for every 100 meters
to find the number of laps to get to a mile which is 5280, do another ratio
329.164ft/100 m =5280 ft/xm
the left side reduces to 3.29164 =5280/x
you can compute this and see that 5280/3.29164 = 1604.064 meters
1604.064 meters *1 lap / 100m = 16.04064 laps are required to make a mile
