Building and solving an equation to model the situation, it is found that it takes 4 min for the prairie dog to reach 13 feet underground.
- Initially, the dog is 5 feet underground.
- Each minute, the dog goes 2 more feet underground.
Hence, the underground height of the dog after t seconds is given by:

The time it takes for the dog to reach 13 feet underground is <u>t for which h(t) = 13</u>, hence:





It takes 4 min for the prairie dog to reach 13 feet underground.
A similar problem is given at brainly.com/question/25290003
In order to find the area of a rectangle, the formula is L*W (Length multiplied by Width). Our goal is to find these two measurements, so we will take the following steps:
1) Plot the coordinates on a graph (I have attached a visual guide)
2) Using the Pythagorean Theorem, or the Distance formula we can find the length and width:

3) We will use these values in the Area formula for a rectangle (L*W)
4) After solving the Area formula with the values retrieved from the Distance Formula we find that
the area is roughly 30 units squared.
Is this homework or classwork?
Answer:
You cross multiply to solve for a variable. You cross multiply when given a proportion.