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A submarine starts at the surface of the Pacific Ocean and descends 60 feet every hour. What integer expresses the submarine's depth in feet after 6 hours?

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-60*6 is what, -360 feet
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so you will do -60 times 6 and you will get -360

It would be a negative because the biggest number is -60 so it would be because the biggest number in the equation would be the sign that you would use.

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