Question

Andy is scuba diving. He starts at sea level and then descends 10 feet in 212 minutes.

Part A
How would you represent Andy’s descent as a unit rate? Express your answer as an integer.
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Answer 1

0 feet per minute

Explanation:

Part A: Andy's descent can be represented as a unit rate by dividing the distance he descended by the time it took. In this case, Andy descended 10 feet in 212 minutes, so his rate of descent is 10 feet / 212 minutes = 0.047169811320754716981132075471698 feet per minute. Rounded to the nearest integer, Andy's rate of descent is 0 feet per minute.