A swimmer swam the 50-meter freestyle in a time of 21 seconds. What was his speed to the nearest tenth of a meter per second?

Speed is distance divided by time: 50 meters ÷ 21 seconds ≈ 2.38 meters per second. Rounded to the nearest tenth, that is 2.4 meters per second, so the correct choice is B.

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