Answer: what are the options?
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer for the question is A
We have been given that a huge ice glacier in the Himalayas initially covered an area of 45 square kilo-meters. The relationship between A, the area of the glacier in square kilo-meters, and t, the number of years the glacier has been melting, is modeled by the equation
.
To find the time it will take for the area of the glacier to decrease to 15 square kilo-meters, we will equate
and solve for t as:



Now we will switch sides:

Let us take natural log on both sides of equation.

Using natural log property
, we will get:










Therefore, it will take
years for area of the glacier to decrease to 15 square kilo-meters.
Locate 1 on the x axis. This is the horizontal number line.
Draw a vertical line through 1 on the x axis. Extend this vertical line as far up and down as you can.
Notice how the vertical line crosses the blue curve. Mark this point. Then draw a horizontal line from this point to the y axis. The horizontal line will touch -4 on the y axis. So that means the point (1,-4) is on the curve.
If the input it is x = 1, then the output is y = -4
So that's why the answer is choice A