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Hello everyone, I hope someone could help me since I ma struggling with that since almost 2 days 

 

An approximate linear model that gives the remaining distance, in miles, a plane must travel from Los Angeles to Boston is given by s(t) = 9000 - 600t where s(t) is the remaining distance t hours after the flight begins. 

 

Find the veritcal and horizontal intercepts of s(t) 

 

So I am lost !! Please corrrect me :/ I tried it at least 

 

9000 are the miles 

600 are the hours 

 

Should I do a table  like, 

 

t = 0 and 10 

and s(t) = 9000 and 12000 ( double of 600) 

 

Then Should i do  Y2 - Y1 / X2 - X1 so 12000 - 9000 / 10 - 0 ? 

 

I feel like everything's wrong ! 

 Oct 25, 2015

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You don't have to do any of that.  They've given you the equation

 

s(t) = 9000 - 600t

 

So as in the other problem we have t as the horizontal axis, and in this case s(t) is the vertical axis.

 

For the vertical intercept set t=0, and evaluate s(0)

 

For the horizontal intercept set s(t)=0 and solve for t.

 Oct 25, 2015
 #1
avatar+6248 
+5
Best Answer

You don't have to do any of that.  They've given you the equation

 

s(t) = 9000 - 600t

 

So as in the other problem we have t as the horizontal axis, and in this case s(t) is the vertical axis.

 

For the vertical intercept set t=0, and evaluate s(0)

 

For the horizontal intercept set s(t)=0 and solve for t.

Rom Oct 25, 2015

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