A plane that carries mail makes a round trip each day from Chicago to New York. It makes 3 intermediate stops on the way to New York and 1 intermediate stop on the way back to Chicago. Suppose you make a graph of the altitude of the plane for one day, with time on the horizontal axis and altitude on the vertical axis. How many times will the graph touch the horizontal axis?

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PsyDAG · Accepted Answer

If you count the starting point: Chicago, 3 stops, New York, 1 stop, Chicago = ?

Amber · Answer

I have this problem too! I can't figure it out either. lol

destiny · Answer

A plane that carries mail makes a round trip each day from Chicago to New York. It makes 3 intermediate stops on the way to New York and 1 intermediate stop on the way back to Chicago. Suppose you make a graph of the altitude of the plane for one day, with time on the horizontal axis and altitude on the vertical axis. How many times will the graph touch the horizontal axis?

elyssia · Answer

A plane that carries mail makes a round trip each day from Chicago to New York. It makes 2 intermediate stops on the way to New York and 1 intermediate stop on the way back to Chicago. Suppose you make a graph of the altitude of the plane for one day, with time on the horizontal axis and altitude on the vertical axis. How many times will the graph touch the horizontal axis?

Anonymous · Answer

A plane that carries mail makes a round trip each day from Chicago to New York. It makes 3 intermediate stops on the way to New York and 1 intermediate stop on the way back to Chicago. Suppose you make a graph of the altitude of the plane for one day, with time on the horizontal axis and altitude on the vertical axis. How many times will the graph touch the horizontal axis?

brittany · Answer

a plane that carries mail makes a round trip each day from chicago to new york. It makes intermediatestop on the way back to chicago. Suppose you make a graphof the altitudeof the plane for one daywith time on the horizontal axis and alitudeon the vertical axis how many times will the graph touch the horizonal axis.

Madison · Answer

i guess it would be 7 as the answer because: Well, the only time the graph would touch the x-axis (horizontal axis) would be at 0 altitude so, counting the 3 stops on the way to NY then the 1 stop back to Chicago would be four. But if you think about it when the planes are at it's destination it's also at 0 altitude. So you'd add another 3 (Chicago to New York then back to Chicago)...right? Then the graph would touch x-axis approximently 7 times.........

The right answer · Answer

It’s 5 you guys