Question

A submarine is searching for underwater features with help from an underwater robotic vehicle. At one time the submarine is 55m below the surface, and the underwater robotic vehicle is 227m below the surface. What is the distance between the underwater robotic vehicle and the submarine?

Answer 1

172m

Explanation:

From the question above we are told:

The distance of the submarine below the surface = 55m

The distance of the underwater robotic vehicle below the surface = 227m

The distance between the underwater robotic vehicle and the submarine is calculated as:

The distance of the underwater robotic vehicle below the surface - The distance of the submarine below the surface

= 227m - 55m

= 172m

Therefore, the distance between the underwater robotic vehicle and the submarine is 172m