Concept explainers
The distance d in miles that you can see to the horizon when looking out at the ocean is modeled by the function
where a is your altitude in feet. Graph the function. At what altitude can you see 15 miles? 100 miles? Round to the nearest foot.
To graph: the function.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The function is
Graph: to draw the graph, use the point plotting method,
Now, by using the above table, the graph can be obtained as:
Interpretation: from the above table it can be observed that when
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