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.

Question

What is the distance that the submarine descended?
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1 point
1,000 meters
750 meters
500 meters
250 meters

Answer 1

The distance that the submarine descended is 500 meters.

Answer 2

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?
*
1 point
1,000 meters
750 meters
500 meters
250 meters

Answer 3

To find the distance that the submarine descended, we need to determine how many times it descended by 50 meters.

The depth of the submarine started at 500 meters, and it reached a depth of 1,000 meters. The difference between these depths is 1,000 - 500 = 500 meters.

Since the submarine descended by 50 meters every 3 minutes, we need to find how many times it descended by 50 meters in order to reach a depth of 500 meters.

To find this, we divide 500 by 50, which is 500 / 50 = 10.

Therefore, the submarine descended 10 times by 50 meters, resulting in a total distance of 10 * 50 = 500 meters.

Hence, the correct answer is 500 meters.