Lake Acid has a depth of 120ft below the surfacel. Lake Placid is ⅓ as deep. How deep is Lake Placid? Use appropriate integer to account for elevation.
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Lake Placid is 40ft deep.
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To find the depth of Lake Placid, we need to multiply the depth of Lake Acid by the fractional depth of Lake Placid compared to Lake Acid.
The fractional depth of Lake Placid compared to Lake Acid is 1/3.
Therefore, the depth of Lake Placid is 1/3 * 120ft = 40ft.
The fractional depth of Lake Placid compared to Lake Acid is 1/3.
Therefore, the depth of Lake Placid is 1/3 * 120ft = 40ft.