You are scuba diving. You are at a depth of 13 meters below sea level and travel down to 67 meters below sea level. How far did you dive?

Question

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Responses

54 meters
54 meters

-54 meters
-54 meters

80 meters
80 meters

-80 meters

Answer 1

To find the distance you dove, you can subtract your initial depth from your final depth.

You started at 13 meters below sea level and went to 67 meters below sea level:

Final depth: -67 meters
Initial depth: -13 meters

Distance dove = Final depth - Initial depth
Distance dove = -67 - (-13)
Distance dove = -67 + 13
Distance dove = -54 meters

Therefore, the correct response is 54 meters (indicating the distance traveled downward).