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A mole lives in an underground burrow. It starts at a certain point, p, underground and digs straight down to double its distance under the surface. It then climbs straight up 3 feet. Its final position is deeper than 5 feet under the surface.


What was the mole's original position, p, relative to the surface?


Enter your answer in the box to complete the inequality.


P=__

User Dovile
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Answer:

8

Explanation:

User Semimono
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8 Becuase that if it's point now is 5 and it went up 3 that would be 5+3=8 so that would mean that p should equal 8
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