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if u wanted to find the depth of a submarine during a dive , would it be more reasonable to use an equation with the rate in feet per minute or feet per hour ? explain

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feet per minute, a you can't hold ur  breath nor have oxygen tanks that last for hours
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I would choose to use the equation with feet per hour. Submarines reach such great depths that I feel this unit of measurements better represents the magnitude of those depths.
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