Answer:
For each horizontal foot, the roller coaster changes 6 feet of height.
Step-by-step explanation:
Across a horizontal distance of 25 feet, a roller coaster has a steep drop.
So the run is 25 feet.
The height of the roller coaster at the bottom of the drop is -150 feet. (Negative sign is given because it is measured from the top to bottom)
So the rise is 150 feet.
The slope of the roller coaster is,
[tex]m=\dfrac{\text{Rise}}{\text{Run}}=\dfrac{150}{25}=6[/tex]
Slope of 6 means, for 1 unit of run, the object has a rise of 6 units.
Therefore, for each horizontal foot, the roller coaster changes 6 feet of height.
Answer:
-6
Step-by-step explanation: You correctly divided the absolute values, but since you are dividing a negative height by a positive number of horizontal feet, the answer is negative. You still have to use the negative sign in your calculation. -150 is a real number and not to be disregarded....
