A fish is swimming at -10.8 meter below sea level every 2 minutes it descends 1.5 meters lower how long will it take the fish to reach -37.8 meter below sea level?

Answer 1

To find out how long it takes for the fish to reach -37.8 meters below sea level, we need to determine the number of times the fish descends 1.5 meters.

First, we find the difference in depth between the fish's current position (-10.8 meters) and the target depth (-37.8 meters): -37.8 meters - (-10.8 meters) = -37.8 meters + 10.8 meters = -27 meters.

Next, we calculate how many times the fish needs to descend 1.5 meters to reach a depth of -27 meters: -27 meters ÷ 1.5 meters = 18.

Since the fish descends 1.5 meters every 2 minutes, it will take 18 * 2 = <<18*2=36>>36 minutes for the fish to reach -37.8 meters below sea level.