Question

a certain mountain has an elevation of 19,073 feet. in 1914, the glacier on this peak covered 6 acres. by 2001 this glacier had melted to only 1 acre.

(a) assume that this glacier melted at a constant rate each year. find this yearly rate.

(b) use your answer from part (A) to write a linear equation that gives the acreage a of this glacier t years past 1914.

Answer 1

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