Interpreting a Linear Function
interpret the linear function to solve the problems. Show your work
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A group of volunteers is spending a week
deaning up the trails in the Hudson Highlands
On day 2 the volunteers begin at the point on the
trail where they ended the day before. The graph
shows their elevation in feet as a function of the
number of hours they work to dean the trails
Elevation
a. What does the ordered pair (1, 1000) on the graph represent?
b. The graph begins at 720 on the yaxis What does this value represent? Is this
the rate of change or the initial value?
c. By how many feet does the elevation increase for one hour of work? What does
this value represent rate of change or initial value?
d. What is the equation that represents this function?