(3) Use any two points from the table to find the slope of the line connecting the points in the graph above.

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Peter climbed to the top of Mount Whitney, elevation 14,505 feet.
Once at the top, he decided climb down and to record how long it
was taking him to descend. The table below records his altitude, y
(in feet), after x number of
hours:
Minutes After
Altitude
(in feet)
Beginning to
Descend
0
14,505
1
12,155
2
9,805
3
7,455
(1) Write the table below as four ordered pairs (x, y) = (minutes, altitude in feet):
(2) Plot all the data on the coordinate plane:
$24,000
22,000
20,000
18,000
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
(3) Use any two points from the table to find the slope of the line connecting the points in the graph above.
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america
Transcribed Image Text:Peter climbed to the top of Mount Whitney, elevation 14,505 feet. Once at the top, he decided climb down and to record how long it was taking him to descend. The table below records his altitude, y (in feet), after x number of hours: Minutes After Altitude (in feet) Beginning to Descend 0 14,505 1 12,155 2 9,805 3 7,455 (1) Write the table below as four ordered pairs (x, y) = (minutes, altitude in feet): (2) Plot all the data on the coordinate plane: $24,000 22,000 20,000 18,000 16,000 14,000 12,000 10,000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (3) Use any two points from the table to find the slope of the line connecting the points in the graph above. fineart america
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