Eric swam 200 meters in 2 minutes 5 seconds. What was his speed in meters per second

2'5" = 125s

200m/125s = 1.6m/s

To calculate Eric's speed in meters per second, we need to divide the distance he swam by the time it took him.

First, let's convert the time to seconds. We know that there are 60 seconds in a minute, so we multiply the number of minutes by 60 and add the number of seconds:

2 minutes * 60 seconds/minute = 120 seconds
120 seconds + 5 seconds = 125 seconds

Now that we have the time in seconds, we can calculate the speed:

Speed = Distance / Time

Speed = 200 meters / 125 seconds

Speed = 1.6 meters/second

Therefore, Eric's speed was 1.6 meters per second.