A diver is currently - 5 feet from the surface of the water and plans to explore a shipwreck that is at - 75 from the surface. If she moves at a rate of - 8 feet per minute, how many minutes does it take the diver to reach the shipwreck?

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24 March, 15:46

A diver is currently - 5 feet from the surface of the water and plans to explore a shipwreck that is at - 75 from the surface. If she moves at a rate of - 8 feet per minute, how many minutes does it take the diver to reach the shipwreck?

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Duckling · Answer 1

8.75 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a simple linear relation between two variables, time and depth

We can solve it by simple inspection like this.

If the diver is 5 feet deep and plans to go 75 feet deep, he must move 70 feet deeper.

At a rate of 8 feet/minute, it will take him/her

70/8 = 8.75 minutes

It is 8 minutes and 45 seconds