It takes the balloon 0.6 minutes to reach an altitude of 454.6 feet above sea level
A linear equation is given by:
y =mx + b
where y, x are variables, m is the slope of the line and b is the y intercept.
Let y represent the altitude of the balloon at time x.
Given that a trend line passes through the point (0,481) and (10,39), the equation of the trend line is:
[tex]y-y_1=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1} (x-x_1)\\\\y-481=\frac{39-481}{10-0}(x-0)\\\\y=-44.2x+481[/tex]
At 454.6 ft:
454.6 = -44.2x + 481
-26.4 = -44.2
t = 0.6 minutes
It takes the balloon 0.6 minutes to reach an altitude of 454.6 feet above sea level
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