Question

A scuba driver was at a depth of 15 meters below the surface when she saw something interesting about 10 meters lower. She made the decent in 10.1 seconds. Interpret the quotient to describe the rate of change in the driver's depth.

Answer 1

The quotient can be interpreted as the rate of change in the diver's depth. In this case, the quotient is calculated by dividing the change in depth (10 meters) by the time it took (10.1 seconds).

The quotient in this case is approximately 0.99 meters per second. This means that the diver's depth was changing at a rate of approximately 0.99 meters per second as she descended to see something interesting.