You are scuba diving. You are at a depth of 13 meters below sea level and travel down to 67 meters below sea level. What integer represents how many meters you dove?

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Responses

54 meters
54 meters

-54 meters
-54 meters

80 meters
80 meters

-80 meters
-80 meters

Answer 1

To calculate how many meters you dove, you start at a depth of 13 meters below sea level and then you descend to 67 meters below sea level.

You can determine the distance you dove by subtracting your starting depth from your ending depth:

\[ 67 , \text{meters (down)} - 13 , \text{meters (down)} = 67 - 13 = 54 , \text{meters} \]

So, you dove 54 meters. The integer that represents how many meters you dove is:

54 meters

Answer 2

is that correct

Answer 3

Yes, the calculation is correct. You started at a depth of 13 meters below sea level and went down to 67 meters below sea level. The difference in depth is calculated as follows:

\[ 67 , \text{meters} - 13 , \text{meters} = 54 , \text{meters} \]

Therefore, you dove 54 meters in total. The correct answer is indeed 54 meters.