An oil drilling company drills the same distance each day for 5 days. They started at an elevation of 121.175 feet and ended at an elevation of -246.875 feet.

Question

Make a equation that can be used to find x, the distance they drilled each day?

Answer 1

Let x represent the distance they drilled each day.

The total change in elevation after 5 days is calculated by subtracting the initial elevation from the final elevation:

final elevation - initial elevation = -246.875 - 121.175

To find the total change in elevation for each day, we divide the total change in elevation by the number of days:

(-246.875 - 121.175)/5 = -367.05/5

Therefore, the equation to find x, the distance drilled each day, is:

x = (-367.05)/5