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Lisa is standing on a dock beside a lake. She drops a rock from her hand into the lake. After the rock hits the surface of the lake, the rock's distance from the lake's surface changes at a rate of −2 inches per second. If Lisa holds her hand 4 feet above the lake's surface, how far from Lisa's hand is the rock 5 seconds after it hits the surface?

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58 inches. 4 feet is equal to 48 inches and if the rock is sinking at -2 feet an second for 5 seconds, then that is -10 inches and the absolute value of -10 is 10 so 10+48=58
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