Question

Andy is scuba diving. He starts at sea level and then descends 10 feet in 212 minutes. Part A How would you represent Andy’s descent as a unit rate? Express your answer as an integer. Enter your answer in the bo

Answer 1

To get Andy’s descent as a unit rate, we can express this in terms of ratio of distance over time.

The total distance he descended is 10 feet while the total time 2 ½ minutes or 2.5 minutes. Therefore his rate is:

rate = 10 feet / 2.5 minutes

rate = 4 feet / minute