Indira is climbing and starts at 182.5 meters above sea level each hour she descends 36.5 meters the table shows the function re

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lating in inDara‘s height to the number of hours she mountain climbing

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VLD [36.1K] · Answer 1 · 2022-12-27T20:00:17+03:00

The function relating in indira‘s height to the number of hours she mountain climbing is: y = -36.5x + 182.5

A linear equation is given by:

y = mx + b;

where m is the slope(rate of change), b is the initial value of y, y is the dependent variable and x is the independent variable.

Let x represent the number of hours spent climbing the mountain and y represent the distance above see level.

She starts at 182.5 meters above sea level, hence; b = 182.5 meters

She descends 36.5 meters each hour, hence m = -36.5 meter per hour

Therefore the equation becomes:

y = -36.5x + 182.5