SOLUTION: Mark starts a rock climb when he is 1 mile above sea level. He can climb at the rate of 1.5 miles per hour. Which of the following functions would express Mark's height above sea l

Question 1187258: Mark starts a rock climb when he is 1 mile above sea level. He can climb at the rate of 1.5 miles per hour. Which of the following functions would express Mark's height above sea level over time?

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52847) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Nothing follows.

It is not fair to pose a problem in this way.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is one point (x,y) x for time in hours, y for how high above sea level in miles.

One point from description is (0,1)
and slope is 1.5 miles per hour.

Since this is for a linear function
in slope-intercept form.
You can call the function any other name you want to instead of y.
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