A whale is swimming at a current depth of 15 meters below the surface. It swims up toward the surface and arrives there 9.5 seconds later. Find the quotient that best describes the rate of change in the whale’s depth. Give your answer to the nearest hundredth.(1 point)

Question

The quotient that best represents the rate of change in the whale’s depth is meters/second.

Answer 1

To find the rate of change in the whale's depth, we need to calculate the change in depth divided by the time it took for the change to occur.

The initial depth of the whale is 15 meters below the surface.
After swimming up, the whale reaches the surface, so the change in depth is 15 meters.

The time it took for the change to occur is 9.5 seconds.

So the rate of change in the whale's depth is 15 meters / 9.5 seconds.

Dividing 15 by 9.5 gives us approximately 1.58.

Therefore, the quotient that best represents the rate of change in the whale’s depth is 1.58 meters/second.