Question

an oil rig is anchored to the sea level floor 96 feet below sea level. a drill on the oil rig can cut own through 24 feet of rock each hour. today, a newly drilled well is o7 feet below the sea floor. what integers represents the number of hours it took to drill that well?

Answer 1

It took 7 hours to drill the well that is 70 feet below the sea floor.

Step-by-step explanation:

To drill a well that is 70 feet below the sea floor, we need to calculate the number of hours it took to drill that well. Each hour, the drill can cut down through 24 feet of rock. The well is already 96 feet below sea level, so the total depth is 96 + 70 = 166 feet. We can calculate the number of hours it took by dividing the total depth by the rate of drilling: 166 feet / 24 feet/hour = 6.92 hours. Since we cannot have a fraction of an hour, we round up to the nearest whole number, so it took 7 hours to drill that well.