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Melissa is an expert scuba diver. She's down in the Pacific Ocean, looking for a raretype of sunfish. At one point, she is 29 meters below the surface of the water. Asshe swims around, looking for the fish, she swims for 12 minutes, and rises upwardby 15 meters. What is her final depth at the end of the 12 minutes?

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Answer;

14 meters below the surface of the water

Explanation;

Here, we want to get Melissa's final depth at the end of the 12 minutes

From the question, she rose upwards by 15 meters after swimming for the 12 minutes

Initially, she was at a depth of 29 meters, but by rising a height of 15 meters, it means that her new height will become;


29-15\text{ = 14}

So, what this mean is that she would be at a depth of 14 meters below the surface of the water after swimming for 12 minutes

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