Question

A bird is flying out an average altitude of 10 m above the ground after three seconds it settles on a branch that is 3 m above the ground interpret the quotient to describe the rate change of the birds altitude give your answer to the nearest hundredth remember that the bird is descending

Answer 1

The bird's altitude changes from 10 m to 3 m in 3 seconds, while descending. To find the rate of change of the bird's altitude, we can calculate the quotient of the change in altitude with respect to time.

The change in altitude is 10 m - 3 m = 7 m (since the bird is descending).

The time taken is 3 seconds.

So, the rate of change of the bird's altitude is 7 m/3 s.

To describe the rate change of the bird's altitude, we can interpret this quotient as "the bird descends at an average rate of 2.33 m/s" (rounded to the nearest hundredth).