Use what you just learned about negative slopes to solve this problem. A storm moves at a rate of 8 miles per hour. It is 200 miles away from Freeport

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2020-12-28

Use what you just learned about negative slopes to solve this problem. A storm moves at a rate of 8 miles per hour. It is 200 miles away from Freeport and headed directly for this town. The equation y = 200 - 8x can be used to represent this function. Identify the slope and y-intercept and explain what they represent.

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averes8

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Write the function in slope-intercept form y=mx+a where m is the slope and is the y-intercept: y=-8x+200 So, the slope is —8 and the y-intercept is 200. The slope represents the rate of the storm which is 8 miles per hour. The negative sign indicates that the distance between Freeport and the storm is decreasing. The y-intercept represents the initial distance of the storm and the town. This also represents the distance between Freeport and the town.

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