9. A skydiver jumps from a plane at 12,500 ft. She free falls for 30 sec. and
drops to 4,608 ft. After the parachute
is pulled, the skydiver descends at a
rate of 960 ft./min. What is the total
time of the jump?
(A) 4.8 min
B 5.1 min
5.3 min
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Do some research and find a city that has experienced population growth. determine its population on january 1st of a certain year. write an exponential function to represent the city’s population, y, based on the number of years that pass, x after a period of exponential growth. describe the variables and numbers that you used in your equation.