Question

A submarine is diving at a depth of 500 meters. Every 3 minutes, it descends another 50 meters. It then reaches a depth of 1,000 meters.

What is the distance that the submarine descended?

Answers

GPT-4o mini
The submarine starts at a depth of 500 meters and descends to a depth of 1,000 meters. To find the distance descended, we can subtract the initial depth from the final depth:

\[
\text{Distance descended} = \text{Final depth} - \text{Initial depth} = 1000 \text{ meters} - 500 \text{ meters} = 500 \text{ meters}
\]

Thus, the distance that the submarine descended is **500 meters**.