It will take 585.11 seconds for the swimmer to swim in a long course pool. The first step is to convert 0.600 miles into meters. The next step is to convert 14 minutes into seconds and add the result to 35.56 seconds. Then solve for the time using the rate of the swimmer.
The song itself was about the tough conditions on the railroad. However, it is structured in short stanzas such as a ballad would be. The answer is ballad