Solve the following word problem. A fish is swimming at −10.8%0D%0A−%0D%0A10.8%0D%0A meters, or 10.8 meters below sea level. Every 2 minutes it descends another 1.5 meters. How long will it take for the fish to reach a depth of −37.8%0D%0A−%0D%0A37.8%0D%0A meters? Show your work and write a sentence to explain what your answer means. how many min

Answer 1

To find out how long it will take for the fish to reach a depth of −37.8 meters, we need to find how many times it descends 1.5 meters and then multiply that by 2 (since it descends 1.5 meters every 2 minutes).

First, we need to find the distance the fish needs to descend from −10.8 meters to −37.8 meters: 37.8 - 10.8 = 27 meters.

Next, we divide the distance by the descent rate to find how many times the fish needs to descend: 27 / 1.5 = 18.

Finally, we multiply the number of descents by the time it takes for each descent: 18 * 2 = <<18*2=36>>36 minutes.

Therefore, it will take the fish 36 minutes to reach a depth of −37.8 meters.

This means that the fish will swim downward for 36 minutes and reach a depth of −37.8 meters below sea level.