In one day, a ski lift can carry 11,200 people. the lift runs from 9: 00 am to 4: 00 pm. write and solve an equation to find the number of people the lift can carry in 1 hour. estimate the number of people who could ride the lift by noon. explain your reasoning.

9 to 4 is about 7 hours. So you can divide 11,200 by 7 to get 1600 every hour. By noon, it would be 2 hours after 9 until noon starts. So 1600 x 2 is 3,200 people by noon.

the formula of a slope:

from a table we have

substitute:

the slope of f(x) is -1.

the graph of funcfion g(x) is a horizontal line. the slope of a horizontal line is equal 0. therefore the slope of g(x) is 0.

-1 < 0