Question

. Math and Science During winter months, freshwater fish sense the water getting colder and swim to the bottoms of lakes and rivers to find warmer water. If a fish 7 swims of the depth of a 32-foot deep lake, how many feet down did the fish swim?$51$

Answer 1

The total depth of the lake is:

$32\text{ ft}$

And we need to find how many feet are 7/8 of the depth.

To find how much is 7/8 out of 32 ft what we do is multiply 32 by 7/8:

$32\times\frac{7}{8}$

This multiplication can also be represented as follows:

$\frac{32}{8}\times7$

We start by solving the division:

$4\times7$

and finally, we solve the multiplication:

$4\times7=28$

-->the fish swam 28 ft.

Answer: 28 ft