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During a scuba dive, Lainey descended to a point 23 feet below the ocean surface. She continued her descent at a rate of 20 feet per minute. Write an inequality you could solve to find the number of minutes she can continue to descend if she does not want to reach a point more than 123 feet below the ocean surface. Use the variable t for time.

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During a scuba dive, Lainey descended to a point 23 feet below the ocean surface. She continued her descent at a rate of 20 feet per minute. Write an inequality you could solve to find the number of minutes she can continue to descend if she does not want to reach a point more than 123 feet below the ocean surface. Use the variable t for time.

anonymous · Answer

write an equation for the problem

anonymous · Answer

Please help me      :(

sagewilson · Answer

Well she's already went down 23 feet. and every minute she goes down 20 more feet. She doesn't want to go any further than 123.

Since you're given 23 feet. your equation would look like this. 123 = 23 + (20t)

sagewilson · Answer

Actually no, that's wrong, it would look like this, 23 + (20t)