Item 20
Question 1
You notice a hot air balloon descending. The elevation h
(in feet) of the balloon is modeled by the function h(x)=−8x+360,
where x
is the time (in seconds) since you first noticed the hot air balloon.

Graph the function and specify its domain and range. Then interpret the slope and intercepts of the graph.

The domain is 0 x 45 and the range is 0 h 360. The slope is -8, so the change in the height of the ballon is -8 feet per second. The h-intercept is 360, so the height of the ballon when the first noticed it was 360 feet. The x-intercept is 45, so the time it took the hot air balloon to reach the ground was 45 seconds.

answer: the first graph

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