Asap! a treasure chest sinks at a rate no less than 20 feet per second. the floor of the ocean is at most at -4,200 feet. will the treasure chest reach the ocean floor in less than 3 minutes? explain.

So, first let's convert 3 minutes into seconds. We get that 3 min = 180 seconds.

Now, it says that the treasure sinks 20 feet per second and we want to know if it will reach -4,200 feet before 180 seconds. So, one way we can solve that it multiply 180 times 20.

We get 3,600 which means that in 3 minutes, the treasure will be -3,600 feet deep. The treasure will NOT reach the ocean floor in less than 3 minutes.

Hope this helps!