Question

you swim 4 lengths of a pool and break a record by 0.72 second. the table shows your time for each length compared to the previous record holder. how much faster or slower is your third length than the previous record holder?

length: time:
1 -0.23
2 0.11
3. ?
4. -0.42

Answer 1

The three lengths listed have a combined time of -0.54.

-0.72 + 0.54 = -0.18

The third length is 0.18 seconds faster than the previous record holder.