Suppose the Long Island Railroad Train from East Hampton to Manhattan

question 105

Essay

Suppose the Long Island Railroad train from East Hampton to Manhattan leaves at 4:30 pm and takes two hours to reach Manhattan.It waits two hours at the station and then returns, arriving back in East Hampton at 10:30 pm.Draw a graph representing the distance of the train from the Farmingdale station in East Hampton as a function of time from 4:30 pm to 10:30 pm.The distance from East Hampton to Manhattan is 150 miles.

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Definitions:

Economy

A system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services among individuals and businesses in a certain area or country.

Increasing Rate

A situation or condition where there is a rise in the percentage or level of a particular economic variable or indicator over a designated period.

Slope

The measure of the steepness or incline of a line, indicating the rate of change between two points on a graph.

Decreasing Rate

A situation where the rate at which a process occurs slows down over time.