The altitude at which we boil an egg affects how long it takes for the egg to achieve perfect hardness. It takes
198
198198 seconds to boil a perfect egg at the lowest place possible, the edge of the Dead Sea, which has an altitude of
−
418
−418minus, 418 meters.
The highest place possible is the summit of Mount Everest which has an altitude of
8848
88488848 meters. It takes
209
209209 seconds to boil a perfect egg there.
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T(a)T, left parenthesis, a, right parenthesis models the time (in seconds) it takes to boil a perfect egg at an altitude of
a
aa meters.