The maximum speed that a sailboat can reach depends on the size of the boat. The graph
below shows the maximum speed, v, that a
sailboat can reach as a function of its length, l.
Complete the following sentences based on
the graph of the function.
The longer the sailboat is, the
slower
it can go.
For a boat to reach the speed of 10
kilometers per hour, it needs to be at least
5
feet long
The maximum speed that an 8-foot boat
can reach is
kilometers per hour.