an airplanes altitude is100 feet as it is decending for a landing on a runway whose touchdown point is 5000 feet away. let the x-axis represent the distance on the ground and let the y-axis represent the airplanes altitude.
1. what is the slope of the airplanes descent?
2. what is the Y-intercept of the airplanes descent?
1. what is the slope of the airplanes descent?
2. what is the Y-intercept of the airplanes descent?
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1.) The slope can be found by taking the rise over run. In this case the rise is 100 ft and the run is 5000 ft so the slope is 100/5000 or 0.02.
2.) The y-intercept depends on where you define the x and y axis. If you define the the ground as the x-axis and the vertical line that passes through the initial position of the airplane as the y-axis then the y-intercept is just the initial altitude of the airplane, which is 100 ft.
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2.) The y-intercept depends on where you define the x and y axis. If you define the the ground as the x-axis and the vertical line that passes through the initial position of the airplane as the y-axis then the y-intercept is just the initial altitude of the airplane, which is 100 ft.
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