You are lying on the beach watching a balloon float upward at a rate of 2 meters/sec from a point 50 meters away from you on the beach. Express the distance between you and the balloon as a function of time, t, in seconds since the balloon was released.

You are lying on the beach watching a balloon float upward at a rate of 2 meters/sec from a point 50 meters away from you on the beach. Express the distance between you and the balloon as a function of time, t, in seconds since the balloon was released.

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Section6.7: Exponential And Logarithmic Models

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point 50 meters away from you on the beach. Express the distance between you and the balloon
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