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A swimmer is looking for a species of fish along the coastline. She dives DOWN 9 feet below the surface of the ocean. Then she swims back up 6 feet and back down another 5 feet before she finds the species of fish she is looking for. What was the depth at which the swimmer finds the fish?

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Answer:

8 feet

9 - 6 + 5= 8 feet

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