Alexa made a short flight in her single-engine plane from airport A to airport B thirty miles away. Alexa arrived and then was put in a holding pattern that required her to fly around the airport before landing. • Lett represent values of the quantity "the time passed in minutes since Alexa left the Airport A • Let s represent values of the quantity "alexa's distance from Airport B, measured in miles" Given the assumption that s is a function of t, give at least one reason why the following trace cannot be the graph of this function. 60 50 40 30 20 10- 10 20 30 40 50

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Alexa made a short flight in her single-engine plane from airport A to airport B thirty miles away. Alexa arrived and
then was put in a holding pattern that required her to fly around the airport before landing.
• Lett represent values of the quantity "the time passed in minutes since Alexa left the Airport A
Let s represent values of the quantity "alexa's distance from Airport B, measured in miles"
Given the assumption that s is a function of t, give at least one reason why the following trace cannot be the graph
of this function.
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Transcribed Image Text:Alexa made a short flight in her single-engine plane from airport A to airport B thirty miles away. Alexa arrived and then was put in a holding pattern that required her to fly around the airport before landing. • Lett represent values of the quantity "the time passed in minutes since Alexa left the Airport A Let s represent values of the quantity "alexa's distance from Airport B, measured in miles" Given the assumption that s is a function of t, give at least one reason why the following trace cannot be the graph of this function. 60 50 40 30 20 10 10 20 30 40 50 60
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