Ben and Cam are scuba diving. Ben is 15.8 meters below the

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notka56 [123]1 year ago

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<h3>Answer: Cam is 11.6 meters below the surface of the water</h3>

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Explanation:

Check out the diagram below.

Draw a vertical number line with 0 at the center. The positive values are above it, while the negative values are below it.

Between -15 and -16, closer to -16, plot the value -15.8 to indicate Ben's position. I have done so as the point B.

We move 4.2 units up to arrive at Cam's position

-15.8 + 4.2 = -11.6

So Cam is 11.6 meters below the surface of the water.

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For a better understanding of the solution, please follow the diagram in the attached file.

A regular quadrilateral is basically a square.

So, if the base of the prism has a perimeter of 60 cm, then the length of the side of the square will be $\frac{60}{4}=15 cm$ . It is shown of the diagram.

Now, from the diagram, it is clear that the lateral face area, which is given as 105 cm^2, is the product of the side of the square, which is known, and the unknown height, let us call it h. Thus, we will get the following equation:

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