After visiting the Titanic, Captain Theodore and Commander Gilbert are taking the SSN-21 Seawolf submarine back to the surface of the water. They start 1500 meters below the surface of the water, and ascend at 52 meters per hour.

A) Write an equation in slope-intercept form to model this situation where

d is the distance under water and h is the time in hours.

B) How many meters below the surface is the submarine after 2 hours?

Answer: 1396

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31 October, 06:40

After visiting the Titanic, Captain Theodore and Commander Gilbert are taking the SSN-21 Seawolf submarine back to the surface of the water. They start 1500 meters below the surface of the water, and ascend at 52 meters per hour.

A) Write an equation in slope-intercept form to model this situation where

d is the distance under water and h is the time in hours.

B) How many meters below the surface is the submarine after 2 hours?

Answer: 1396

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Valentin · Answer 1

After visiting the Titanic, Captain Jose and Commander Theodore are taking the SSN-21 Seawolf submarine back to the surface of the water. They start 1500 meters below the surface of the water, and ascend at 41 meters per hour.

Thalia Hammond · Answer 2

Part A: make slope-intercept form of equation

We will have variable y for the depth of the submarine after x hours. The start 1,500 will be written - 1,500 because it's below surface of water.

The equation after x hours will be

y = - 1,500 + 52x

y = 52x - 1,500

Part B: Find the depth after two hours

Change variable x with 2

y = 52x - 1,500

y = 52 (2) - 1,500

y = 104 - 1,500

y = - 1,396

Negative means it's below surface