A student uses a submarine to study ocean life. She begins at sea level, which is at an elevation of 0 feet. She travels down for 90 seconds at a speed of 3.5 feet per second. She then travels directly up for 30 seconds at a speed of 2.2 feet per second. After this 120-second period, how much time, in seconds, will it take for the scientist to travel back up to sea level at the submarines maximum speed of 4.8 feet per second

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Craig Moore

7 January, 05:10

A student uses a submarine to study ocean life. She begins at sea level, which is at an elevation of 0 feet. She travels down for 90 seconds at a speed of 3.5 feet per second. She then travels directly up for 30 seconds at a speed of 2.2 feet per second. After this 120-second period, how much time, in seconds, will it take for the scientist to travel back up to sea level at the submarines maximum speed of 4.8 feet per second

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Evelin Morrow · Answer 1

it would take the student 51.9 seconds to travel back up to sea level

Step-by-step explanation:

90 (3.5) 315ft deep

30 (2.2) 66 ft up

now shes 249 ft deep

249 divided by 4.8

it would take the student 51.9 seconds to travel back up to sea level