An animal trainer at the aquarium trains bottlenose dolphins to jump
for performances. One dolphin
jumped out of the water at a height
of 15 feet and then dove back under
the water to a depth of 20 feet. Write
an expression to represent the vertical
distance the dolphin traveled. What is
the vertical distance?

35 feet up and down

Step-by-step explanation:

15 up plus 20 down= 35 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

15+20=35

i would say c is the best answer, hope it's right!

good luck! =)

cutie~

let's first notice, the center of the hyperbola is at the origin, since the focus points are equidistantly 3 units away from the origin, that also means that the distance "c" from the center to either focus is 3.

it should also be notable that, the traverse axis for this hyperbola is vertical, or namely over the y-axis and therefore, the positive fraction will be the one with y-variable.

the traverse "a" component or distance from the center to either vertex is not 2, is more than 2, so we can safely put it at √5 ≈ 2.24.