Question

Celina is scuba diving in the ocean. After a 5 minute period she is 65.5 meters below sea level.

If she travels at a constant rate, what was her position after 1 minute?

Answer 1

she was 13.1 meters below sea level in 1 minute

Explanation:

make it into a fraction 5/65.5 (after 5 minutes, she is 65.5 meters underwater)

divide the numerator (representing the minutes) by 5 to get 1 minute

5÷5= 1

then divide the denominator (representing the meters below sea level) by 5 as well to get her position she is at after 1 minute

65.5÷5= 13.1

after dividing you should get 1/13.1 (after 1 minute, she is 13.1 meters underwater)