Question

A seagull can dive 45 meters below the surface of the water to reach a fish. It dives 11% of the total depth every 1 second.

What is the depth of the seagull after 2 seconds?

a. -2.475 meters
b. -4.95 meters
c. -9.9 meters
d. -7.425 meters

Answer 1

@ganeshie8 ?

Answer 2

do you know how to find
11% of 45 ?

Answer 3

do you do 45/x 11/100?

Answer 4

or is it the other way around

Answer 5

just 45 times 11/100

Answer 6

oh ok

Answer 7

11% of the total depth every 1 second.
that will be how far down it goes in 1 second

to find how far down in 2 seconds multiply by 2
so the answer is
\[ \frac{2\cdot 45\cdot 11}{100} \]

Answer 8

it looks like they are using negative numbers to show the distance below the water surface

Answer 9

ok i know the answer now. thank you