Question

Write an expression that can be used to solve the problem.

During practice, it took Shawn 27 min to swim 81 laps. If Shawn swam at a constant rate, how long did it take him to complete each lap?

Answer 1

Any ideas?

Answer 2

What does the phrase "each lap" mean?

Answer 3

no

Answer 4

"each" means "for every single one"

Answer 5

They want time per lap. $$\Huge \frac{time}{lap}$$

Answer 6

As you can easily see the problem would be unrealistic if the number of laps equaled zero.