document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=492245>Question 492245</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi I have a word problem and I don't quite understand it. Could you please help figure out how to slove it? Here is the question/problem: A dolphin starts at the surface of the water. It dives down at the rate of 3 feet per second. If the water level is zero, what real number descrides the dolphin's location after 3 1/2seconds? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #334999 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=334999\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First. since the dolphin is diving (that's below sea-level) the number of feet here will be a negative number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let's see how far below sea-level the dolphin will have travelled below the surface in 3.5 seconds at the rate of 3 feet per second.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3 ft./sec)(3.5 secs) = 10.5 feet. But of course, this is a negative number so the answer would be: -10.5 </SPAN>\n" );
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