CCSS IP Math I 2.6.1 Example 3
Two airplanes are in flight. The function represents the altitude, , of one airplane after minutes.
The graph below represents the altitude of the second airplane.
- Identify the rate of change for the first function.
- Identify the -intercept for the first function.
- Identify the rate of change for the second function.
- Identify the -intercept of the second function as the coordinate of the line that intersects with the -axis.
- Compare the properties of each function.