An underground mine elevator reaches a total depth of 99 meters. it descends 17% of the total distance every minute. how many meters below the ground is the elevator after 3 minutes. - 67.32 meters - 33.66 meters - 16.83 meters - 50.49 meters

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Kasey Bird

21 March, 05:33

An underground mine elevator reaches a total depth of 99 meters. it descends 17% of the total distance every minute. how many meters below the ground is the elevator after 3 minutes. - 67.32 meters - 33.66 meters - 16.83 meters - 50.49 meters

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Braylen · Answer 1

17% of 99 is 16.83. Since that's only the distance it goes in one minute we have to multiply that by 3. 16.83 * 3 = 50.49. Since the elevator is moving down then it will be negative. The answer will be - 50.49 meters.