You Build a Campfire While Up in the Mountains

question 43

Short Answer

You build a campfire while up in the mountains. It is 45 F when you start the fire. Let be the temperature x feet from the fire t minutes after you start it. The following figure shows the contour diagram for H. Is H an increasing or decreasing function of x?

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