Q:

A submarine is at -125 feet in the ocean. The submarine makes 3 dives of 50 feet each. At what level is the submarine after three dives? Plz help, worth 20 pts, thx :)

Accepted Solution

A:
Each dive goes further down, so it represents -50 ft (not positive which would represnt going up).

y= -125-50x

We know that there are 3 dives so plug that in for x
y= -125-50(3)
y= -125-150
y= -275

Final answer: -275 ft