document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1070407>Question 1070407</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A helicopter takes off from the roof of a building. The graph shows the altitude of the helicopter as it rises steadily for several minutes. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A.) what does the slope and y intercept reveal about the original situation?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B.) for a similar situation, the slope is 85 and the y-intercept is 250. What can you conclude? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope tells you nothing about the original situation.  The y-intercept tells you the height of the building if you are given a scale for the y-axis.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A slope of 85 tells you that the helicopter rose nearly straight up.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  \tan^{-1}\left(85\right)\ \approx\ 89.3^\circ\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The y-intercept of 250 tells you nothing.  You don't know whether the building is 250 yards, 250 feet, or 250 nanometers high.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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