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a submarine dives to a depth of 54.6 meters below the surface of the water in 4 minutes. what integer represents the constant rate the submarine travels per minute?

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User Agaase
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The average rate of dive is (54.6 / 4) meters per minute.

That improper fraction can be simplified to 13.65 meters per minute.

The average dive rate is not an integer. The nearest integer is 14 m/min.


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