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The equipment elevator (EE) descends 7 feet per second. The elevator for the miners descends 16 feet per second. One day, the equipment elevator begins to descend. After 29 seconds, the elevator for the miners (EM) begins to descend.

[tex]29\sec \text{. EE=7}\times29feet\text{ de}ep\text{ =203}[/tex][tex]15\sec \text{. EM =15}\times16feet\text{ d}eep\text{ 240}[/tex][tex]\begin{gathered} \text{now, EE =(7}\times29)\text{ +(7}\times15)=105+203 \\ \text{Hence, 308ft d}eep \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]EM\text{ =240ft de}ep[/tex]

[tex]\text{And, EE =308ft de}ep[/tex]

EE is deeper