Bertha and Vernon are competing in a diving competition. Bertha's dive ended -32 m from the starting platform. Vernon's dive ended -4 m from the starting platform. How many times farther was the end of Bertha's dive than the end of Vernon's dive?
What you must do for this case is a division to find the number of times that Bertha submerges with respect to Vernon. We have then: Bertha's dive ended = -32 m Vernon's dive ended -4 m N = (Bertha's dive ended) / (Vernon's dive ended) N = (- 32) / (- 4) N = 8 Answer: Bertha's dive was 8 times farther than the end of Vernon's dive
