Question 1070407
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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.


A slope of 85 tells you that the helicopter rose nearly straight up.  *[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  \tan^{-1}\left(85\right)\ \approx\ 89.3^\circ]


The y-intercept of 250 tells you nothing.  You don't know whether the building is 250 yards, 250 feet, or 250 nanometers high.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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