The height above the surface of the pool water can be modeled by a piecewise function, consisting of a decreasing linear function during the jump, a constant function while swimming at water level, and an increasing linear function while climbing the ladder.
In 1 sentence, describe what types of function can be used to describe each part of the following situation. You jumped from a high ledge into a pool of water, then swam to the other side of the pool and climbed up a ladder at a constant rate to get out of the pool. Compare your height around the surface of the pool water to the time.
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