SOLUTION: I spent two hours and was stuck on the last part. The relationship section. Help please. You start hiking up from the bottom of a canyon at 8am, and get to the top at 1pm. The ele

Question 804185: I spent two hours and was stuck on the last part. The relationship section. Help please. You start hiking up from the bottom of a canyon at 8am, and get to the top at 1pm. The elevation at the bottom of the canyon is -50ft (50 feet below sea level). The elevation of the top of the canyon is 900 feet (900 above sea level). What is your vertical speed in feet per hour? What is an equation that describes the relationship between your elevation (in feet) and hours hiked?
Found 2 solutions by rfer, richwmiller:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
950/5=190 ft per hr
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1 pm is 13:00
8 am is 8:00
from 8 am to noon is 4 hours plus one hour from noon to 1 pm
It takes you 13-8=5 hours for the climb
You travel 950 vertical feet
(50 below sea level and 900 above)
950/5=190 ft per hour if the speed is constant. Obviously, you will go slower towards the end of the climb
h=190t where h is elevation and t is the time (hours) traveled

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